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1 posted on 02/10/2004 4:16:05 PM PST by presidio9
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To: Abe Froman
Somebody wants to challenge you to a drag race I think.

Suggested vehicle:


2 posted on 02/10/2004 4:19:21 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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Okay, the Finns (and the Germans, who also follow the practice of levvying traffic fines according to income) have this bit right. But when are they just gonna take this guy's licence AWAY?

80km, or 50mph, in a zone designated 25mph - I know places you'd lose your licence for that.
3 posted on 02/10/2004 4:20:21 PM PST by KangarooJacqui (Deliver us from evil... vote Conservative.)
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To: Charles Henrickson
Wotta weenie.
4 posted on 02/10/2004 4:22:42 PM PST by martin_fierro (My baloney has a first name: it's J-u-s-s-i....)
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To: presidio9
I do the jail time if I were him. Let the socailist state fed him, instead of feeding off of him.
8 posted on 02/10/2004 4:29:24 PM PST by jpsb (Nominated 1994 "Worst writer on the net")
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To: presidio9
Them Finns must be communisms or sump'in like that. How dare they fine rich folks meaningfully, just for breaking the law.
10 posted on 02/10/2004 4:35:01 PM PST by per loin
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WHAT?!

Speeding fines are scaled to income in some European countries?

Let me get this straight. If you are of modest means, it's more acceptable to endanger other citizens than if you are well-off? Unbelievable. Socialism, as it inevitably will, has truly run amok here.

13 posted on 02/10/2004 4:41:36 PM PST by southernnorthcarolina ("Yes, but other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?")
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To: presidio9

"Well it could have been worse. They could have stopped me in Finland!"

15 posted on 02/10/2004 4:41:58 PM PST by SamAdams76 (I got my 401(k) statement - Up 28.02% in 2003 - Thanks to tax cuts and the Bush recovery)
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To: presidio9
The price of the fine was scaled to his income, in conformity with Finnish law on traffic violations.

Imagine if they did that here. The state of Washington would have a satellite tracking Bill Gates to hit him for a billion dollars a whack.

18 posted on 02/10/2004 4:45:58 PM PST by #3Fan
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To: presidio9
And no one pinged me?

I am deeply saddened.

21 posted on 02/10/2004 5:08:31 PM PST by sausageseller
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To: presidio9
Jussi Salonoja

What? When has Sausage King I abdicated?


24 posted on 02/10/2004 5:18:04 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
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To: presidio9
Abe Froeman, the Sausage King of Chicago, might want a word with this Finnish usurper...
29 posted on 02/10/2004 6:03:02 PM PST by Norman Conquest (We're all puppets. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings.)
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To: presidio9
The price of the fine was scaled to his income

The only way he could afjord a fine this big.

38 posted on 02/10/2004 7:17:23 PM PST by small voice in the wilderness (1)
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