adams Posted August 4, 2009 Posted August 4, 2009 I'm sure the RCMP wouldn't have handed out $700 in fines if they weren't warranted. They would have understood the teenager's point of view and given them all the slack they could have in that situation. Hit and run is a serious issue/offense and it speaks to the character of those involved though. I'm sure they deserved what they got.
trailhead Posted August 4, 2009 Posted August 4, 2009 This is interesting in that something similiar happened to my wife and I down at Castle Falls. I was fishing downstream and I kept picking up floating empty beer cans and putting them in my net. There was a group standing on the cliffs above the falls pitching the cans in, they saw me and I think thought it was funny that I was picking them up. Anyway the mother of one of these young a$$holes runs up and screams that the cops are coming and to hide their beers. It turned out to be a young woman F&W officer. The kids were absolute pr**ks to her, had no respect whatsoever. I was going to get in the middle and let her know if she needed a witness I would step up, but my wife said "don't go there". Which was probably a good idea as I didn't want them to "bust a cap in my ass". I think that part of the problem is that a lot of todays youth have a gangsta mentality. In my day it was BillyJack. Cool black hat, karate moves, and got the good looking chick.
bhurt Posted August 4, 2009 Posted August 4, 2009 Peter, The spot that you were in (The land not the water) is owned by Nature's Hideaway, and is a camp group, swimming hole and a well knowen party spot. Not saying the kids had the right to do what they were doing but I have been going to Nature's Hideaway for a very long time and its the same old same old, with the exception their are more people hopping the fence to swim in a very well known swimming hole, instead of paying the $5 for day use of the area. I have had a problem with people there in the past and all I have done is went to the front gates informed the person working there, they then go down to the river and start booting people outm if they have problems they then bring in the RCMP. I personally do not do anything but swim in that area as it is very well known as a swimming hole and a party spot.
reevesr1 Posted August 4, 2009 Posted August 4, 2009 BillyJack I can't think of Billy Jack without this popping into my head (One Tin Soldier, theme song to the original Billy Jack) Listen, children, to a story That was written long ago, 'Bout a kingdom on a mountain And the valley-folk below. On the mountain was a treasure Buried deep beneath the stone, And the valley-people swore They'd have it for their very own. Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Go ahead and cheat a friend. Do it in the name of Heaven, You can justify it in the end. There won't be any trumpets blowing Come the judgement day, On the bloody morning after.... One tin soldier rides away. So the people of the valley Sent a message up the hill, Asking for the buried treasure, Tons of gold for which they'd kill. Came an answer from the kingdom, "With our brothers we will share All the secrets of our mountain, All the riches buried there." Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Go ahead and cheat a friend. Do it in the name of Heaven, You can justify it in the end. There won't be any trumpets blowing Come the judgement day, On the bloody morning after.... One tin soldier rides away. Now the valley cried with anger, "Mount your horses! Draw your sword!" And they killed the mountain-people, So they won their just reward. Now they stood beside the treasure, On the mountain, dark and red. Turned the stone and looked beneath it... "Peace on Earth" was all it said. Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Go ahead and cheat a friend. Do it in the name of Heaven, You can justify it in the end. There won't be any trumpets blowing Come the judgement day, On the bloody morning after.... One tin soldier rides away. Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Go ahead and cheat a friend. Do it in the name of Heaven, You can justify it in the end. There won't be any trumpets blowing Come the judgement day, On the bloody morning after.... One tin soldier rides away. Stupid Valley People. Always screwing things up for the Mountain People!
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