Well now a 3rd person has died as a result of the accident. The mom passed
away yesterday or sometime today, i am not sure.
>From: jon@dakota-truck.net
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: Re: DML: Possible street racing accident!
>Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 20:21:01 +0000 (UTC)
>
>droo <03dakotaCC4.7_4x4@comcast.net> wrote:
>:> "Pindell, Timothy" <TPindell@otterbein.edu> wrote:
>:> :>http://tinyurl.com/8ueqa
>:> :>
>:> :> I love how in the end of the article (actually referencing a
>:> :>different incident) it said that a guy was found guilty of "drag
>:> :>racing". I didn't know drag racing was illegal - should I hide
>:> :>my trophies? ;-) Yeah, I know what they *meant*, it just annoys
>:> :>me when journalists are either A - sloppy or B - adjenda driven; in
>:> :>either case, the end result is for their words to foster an entire
>:> :>culture of ignorance.
>:>
>
>: Well. It's illegal to drag race on the streets here in NJ. And it's
>called
>: rdag racing. Not street racing. I think it's a 6 point ticket. And I
>: believe they take your car.
>
>
> No doubt that is all true. That still doesn't make it right to use
>the incorrect term for something though, even if it is the government
>which is doing it. (Actually, I should probably say, *especially* if
>it is the government which is doing it...) ;-) Anyhoo, I was just
>trying to make the point that the term "drag racing" does NOT in any
>way, shape or form imply racing on the street unless you qualify it
>with those words - "on the street". I can buy a throw rug at Home Depot
>and call it a ceiling fan until I am blue in the face, but that doesn't
>make it so. Words mean things - it annoys me when people use them
>incorrectly, but it infuriates me when they do so on purpose to push a
>political agenda. As I mentioned in my earlier reply, I'm not sure if
>it was done due to sloppiness/ignorance or to foster a political agenda,
>but either way, I couldn't resist piping in with my $.02.
>
> I understand what you are saying, that the term "drag racing" is being
>used to cover these sorts of incidents, but "drag racing" is not what
>these are, and no matter who may be (ab)using the term, it is still
>incorrect to use it in this fashion.
>
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> -Jon-
>
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