"Well. It's illegal to drag race on the streets here in NJ."
Who else is here from NJ?
Bob
Chad Evans wrote:
>
> 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.
>>
>> --
>> -Jon-
>>
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