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Thou shalt not park outside church: Traffic wardens swoop while vehicle owners at morning mass (UK)
Daily Mail (UK) ^
| 07:49 EST, 27 May 2013
| Rob Cooper
Posted on 05/27/2013 11:01:47 AM PDT by Olog-hai
This was the moment traffic wardens swooped outside a church and slapped parking tickets on cars while their owners were at morning mass.
Members of the congregationsome of them in wheelchairscould be seen arguing with the unrepentant wardens for 30 minutes.
But the council workers, who had even targeted cars with blue disabled badges, which were allowed to park, refused to back down.
The bizarre scene unfolded on Sunday morning outside Our Lady and St. Hubert church in Oldbury, West Midlands.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: churchgoers; discrimination; parkingtickets; trafficwardens; westmidlands
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West Midlands again. Wonder if they would be brave enough to do this to attendees of a masjid . . .
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:01:47 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
To: Sherman Logan
Yes there are Roman Catholics there. I wonder why the weird assault if this was legal parking, or even partly legal parking.
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:08:41 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
To: Olog-hai
"I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time".
H. L. Mencken
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:11:43 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: Olog-hai
I can guarantee this would not happen outside of a death cult indoctrination center.
To: Olog-hai
They say that the US and Britain are two nations separated by a common language.But it looks like there's at least one phrase that folks on both side of the Pond can understand:
I'M FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND I'M HERE TO HELP
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:13:17 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
To: Olog-hai
They weren’t being cited for PARKING.
They were being cited for WORSHIPING.
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:14:20 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
To: Olog-hai
"Prayer" time in Midtown Manhattan
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:16:32 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
To: Gay State Conservative
but if Muslims shut down Manhatten to pray in the street, it’d be fine?
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:17:12 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: Olog-hai
Traffic wardens efficiency ratings are based on how many tickets they give out. They even ticket emergency vehicles at a crash scene or at a fire. One fire truck at a fire was even ticketed along with police cars.
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:23:09 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
“Yes there are Roman Catholics there. I wonder why the weird assault if this was legal parking, or even partly legal parking.”
It wasn’t legal, they parked on the red line which is no parking. It wasn’t any plot to persecute Christians.
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:24:12 AM PDT
by
dljordan
(WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
To: GeronL
but if Muslims shut down Manhatten to pray in the street, itd be fine?They don't have to pray in the street as long as their cabs are pointed towards Mecca.
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:27:24 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: GeronL
That photo *was* taken in Manhattan and it *does* show dozens of cabs blocking a street near one of those terrorist dens of theirs at “prayer” time.I lost the link...sorry,but the photo,and its description,are true.
To: dljordan
Well if it was so then it was so. I don’t know the whole background. I’d hope that church parking zones would be accommodated on Sundays. Britain would profit from the presence of more Christians that serious, not less.
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:28:25 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
To: Olog-hai
But the council workers, who had even targeted cars with blue disabled badges, which were allowed to park, refused to back down.Not true. Blue disable badge holders are only allowed to park on red routes to allow loading or unloading.
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:29:00 AM PDT
by
Natufian
(t)
To: Olog-hai
At least over here Handicap signs relieve you from many parking violations.
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:29:10 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
To: dljordan
It wasnt any plot to persecute Christians.Assumes facts not in evidence. Is this same enforcement taking place outside of CoE buildings or Mosques?
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:29:32 AM PDT
by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro can't pass E-verify)
To: SkyDancer
Which presumably later get quashed, but hey they wrote the tickets. An Alice in Wonderland situation, it appears? A big charade?
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:30:00 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
To: dljordan
It wasnt legal, they parked on the red line which is no parking. It wasnt any plot to persecute Christians. Assuming you're correct...that it was a *clearly* marked "no parking" zone...then perhaps it's OK.But at the very least they could have let the folks who had handicapped placards off with just a warning.
To: dljordan
Do they do this outside mosques on Friday?
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posted on
05/27/2013 11:33:06 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
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