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Article #86Re: Diana's death caused by lack of guardrails.
From: Hubert Mak
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 00:00
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If the driver so drunk ( 3 or 4 times over legal) how can he drove such a long way from the hotel to the tunnel without any accident ? seems strange, any clue? James H. Steiger (steiger@remove.this.to.reply.unixg.ubc.ca) wrote: : ad613@torfree.net (Nabil Mohamed El-Khodari) wrote: : >nospam@x.com wrote: : >- It is taken that the driver has been drinking. However, being drunk is : >another thing. It will actually depend on the his blood alcohol level AT : >THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, not from a sample God knows taken when after : >the accident. : > : Are you suggesting he continued to drink after he was dead? : >- There has been 3 different reports now about the blood alcohol level; : >first 3 times legal, second 4 times legal, last (on request of the driver : >family) 3 times legal. : > : Yes, all indicating the driver was drunk as a skunk.. : >- It seems that both the Princess and Dodi, did not feel that the driver : >is 'rackless', for they would have worn their seat belts at least. : > : They may have been drunk too. There will be incredible pressure to : prevent releasing their blood alcohol levels. It may be that the : princess NEVER wore a seat belt, because it tended to crease : her designer gowns. : >- According to the lastest report, there is a picture taken inside the : >tunnel from the front of the car showing that the driver was 'startled' : >by the flash. : > : ..a long way from the tunnel. At which point any responsible driver : would have slowed down to let his retina recover from the flash. : >- If the paparatzzi have been 'following' the car, at least one or more : >of them would have been involved in the accident, which clearly means : >that they were - mostly - in front of the car. It may be likely that the : >driver may have been trying to avoid crashing into them. : Nonsense. This is like saying if you were following a bus that ran off : a bridge, you "would have been involved." : >- I do not think that any logical person would deny that the papatzzi are : >at least partially responsible, whatever the drunkness state of the : >driver may have been (you do not try to provocate a drunk on the street, : >right?). : > : The paparazzi are minimally responsible, if responsible at all. : >- I believe that Fayed is doing the right thing. As it is only through a : >court that the 'evidence' can be cross-examined by 'specialists', : >including in fact the blood alcohol level, method and time of sampling, : >test used and any possible 'interactions' and/or falacies of the test used. : > : Fayed, like most rich fathers of spoiled, irresponsible children : (which Dodi is widely reputed to have been), : will do what he can to preserve the illusion that everyone but : his child is responsible for whatever mishaps his child is : involved in. : Of course, we know that Ted Kennedy was in no way responsible : for the death of Mary Jane Kopechne. After all, that's what : the authorities decided. And of course they were in no way : influenced by the enormous wealth of the Kennedy clan. : >Fayed : >conducted himself with grace (and acceptance of God's well) and was more : >than gracious supplying even tea to the people in the queue to sign the : >books at the Palace. He thanked in a public appearance at a stadium all : >those who shared in the exceptional show of emotions. : > : Our evaluation of Fayed should not be based on trivial gestures, but : on how he originally obtained his extraordinary wealth. Was it as an : intermediary in arms dealing? Or was it legitimate? Perhaps you could : respond with a short biography.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fc3d0,d624abf54c91c222 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc3d0,public X-Google-Thread: f504b,d624abf54c91c222 X-Google-Attributes: gidf504b,public X-Google-Thread: 1083bf,d624abf54c91c222 X-Google-Attributes: gid1083bf,public X-Google-Thread: 106cdd,d624abf54c91c222 X-Google-Attributes: gid106cdd,public X-Google-Thread: 103731,d624abf54c91c222 X-Google-Attributes: gid103731,public X-Google-Thread: 10643c,d624abf54c91c222 X-Google-Attributes: gid10643c,public From: makh@cuug.ab.ca (Hubert Mak) Subject: Re: Diana's death caused by lack of guardrails. Date: 1997/09/14 Message-ID: <5vgq7j$b6v@hp.cuug.ab.ca> X-Deja-AN: 272442781 References: <EG28nw.BKC.0.sheppard@torfree.net> <34158D00.46F7@unixg.ubc.ca> <341593CB.1A30@acadian.ca> <EG9yKv.Cqy.0.sheppard@torfree.net> <34162dc1.13710592@news.direct.ca> <EGB0Lr.J73.0.queen@torfree.net> <341ac92e.313978020@news.ucs.ubc.ca> Followup-To: torfree.general,tor.general,ont.general,can.general,van.general,bc.general Organization: Calgary UNIX Users' Group Newsgroups: torfree.general,tor.general,ont.general,can.general,van.general,bc.general