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Taken its own course, a bit like one of them knights of the road pedicab drivers

Captain Cab

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Trust me GBC you don't have to try? I would be more surprised if you did?

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

If you cut and paste the quote, then use ctrl and V, you can then reply to each individual segment.

To look at the above most people will just look at the bottom bit of your reply about me trying harder?

I must say as retirement grows closer I fully intend 'trying' even less.

I can't recall ever having kissed a bum at any stage, I mean thats where you poo from, so I would imagine it smells somewhat?

[quote="greenbadgecabby"]If you cut and paste the quote, then use ctrl and V, you can then reply to each individual segment.

That's pretty good thanks for that

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

I might not call it 'punishment', but in principle surely a regulator should be able to take steps over and above the more general law? I mean it's like saying that if someone was punished by the courts for a driving offence then the LA could take no cognisance of it? Or that when a rapist gets out of jail then he couldn't be denied a driver's badge because that would be punishing him again?

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Or, to take it to it's logical conclusion, no one could ever be deemed not fit and proper?

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Local authorities are not the law and should not be handing down punishment to anyone.

Justice is not served when people are punished by politicians with political agendas. If the law gives someone a licence the law must take it away. It should be the law who decides who is "fit and proper".

Suspending someone for a couple of months hardly serves the justice system or anyone else for that matter.

I would imagine "not a fit and proper person" means you are a threat to society. If this is the case then it's up to the local authority to prove it in court.

How could this apply to pis**** in the street or the non-payment of a parking fine?

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

My logical conclusion is let the law decide not politicians.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Well I'm inclined to agree with what you say to a large extent Skull, but in my two posts I merely said what I thought the position should be in principle not how it should be applied in particular cases.

I agree that politicians shouldn't be responsible for these things, and I didn't comment on the harshness or otherwise of particular cases.

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Fair play

Consider this, GBC goes out tomorrow and some 14 year old girl falsely accuses of him of advising her to use contraceptives with her boy friend. GBC denies this of course. His accuser sticks to her guns and won’t budge from her statement. Where does this leave GBC?

I’ll tell you where, hung, drawn and quartered that’s where. Do the rules apply differently to taxi drivers than they to the general public? You bet they do.


A Joiner is accused of the same. Do local authorities stop him working in someones house? What if he was a Plumber or an Electrician or a carpet fitter?

The Government and Local Authorities know this system can only exist if no one challenges the legislation in court.

This is the greatest legal system in the World…If you have money.


BTW the lawyers sitting in on these meeting would not allow themselves to be judged or have punishment handed down to them by a bunch of bent politicians.

Makes you wonder why they think it's good enough for us?

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Slim chance of that, as kids not accompanied by an adult don't enter my cab. (Our daughter being the exception of course )

Luckily you don't get hailed by youths in London, and single pizzed women are another rareity in the GBC cab.

Suits with briefcases going to the airport are always welcome.

Nothing less than I would expect from an old pro like you GBC but not everyone has your worldly experience.

Take me for instance, I've led a very sheltered life imagine me out there with it all to lose, who looks after me, not the PCO or the Council that's for sure

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

We would adopt you, but there's no room for two cabs on the drive.

Looks like I'm just going to have to take my chances eh like everyone else

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"