This really pisses me off!

[The Lach is very tired]

news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/04/05/10/57/o-farrell-stunned-at-asbestos-sentence

For those that don't bother with the link. A truck driver who pleaded guilty to dumping asbestos outside of a day care center avioded going to jail. A close friend of mine lost her father to asbestos related cancer in 2011 so this hits close to home for me. What really gets me is that he has 8 previous convictions for illegal dumping & a further 22 penalty notices for dumping. The only way an asshole like this would learn is to be locked up.

Sorry to go all Ghidorah on you guys but I just needed to vent.

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

Yeah, that's pretty screwed up. I just don't understand why such blatant threats to people's health and the environment are treated so lightly, especially when by doing so, the guy broke a court order. He's literally saying "yeah, I was condemned before but I don't care and I'll keep doing it because I get ridiculously light penalties. Eat my s***, everyone!".

Many people spend years in jail for far lesser offences.

[Push R Truth]

I've always subscribed to the belief that Jail isn't meant to be punishment for you, it's meant to protect society from you.


This is a perfect example where society would be protected from a tool-bag that simply doesn't care.

[mcmahonfan85]

Apr 4, 2013 21:52:31 GMT -5 The Lach is very tired said:

Sorry to go all Ghidorah on you guys...

thats not going "Ghidorah". to go ghidorah, the story would have to take an over-the-top sick and twisted turn, such as the driver force fed one of the kids the asbestos while molesting them