Dutch - Car vs Crowd - Pics inside

[mattian]

I just watched some of the footage on the news. This cop on a bicycle barely makes it out of the way before he slams into that statue at the end..... damn, he was lucky.

[cave weta]

Hope this guy gets better so the Royal Guards can use him for bayonet pratice. This guy was proberly one of those anarchist scum.

Oh I get it! -anarkist scum ha ha ha

[scumdog]

5 dead and 12 injured according to stuff...

However, this part is particularly disgusting:



Who the fuck gives a flying shit about an attempted assault on the royal family considering there's a confirmed "succeful" quintiple vehicular homicide?
Seems someone needs a bloody reality check and then straighten out their priorities.

token initial charge.

untangle yer knickers.

[rainman]

Hope this guy gets better so the Royal Guards can use him for bayonet pratice. This guy was proberly one of those anarchist scum.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6203780.ece

Looks like that is no longer necessary...

[Tone165]

I blame it on the cult of individualism that we've succumbed to over the years. Y'know, "it's all about me, screw anyone else". If you look at the context of the last 10,000 years or so, this is a very weird and unusual attitude.

What we need is less living in rows of (not so) little isolated boxes and more real functioning communities. Teach people to care for others because they value who they are, not because there's something in it for them. (And less SuperCity, more village...)

I think so too.

I was in the NZ Army back when we all lived in 8 man rooms. Everyone looked out for everyone. Then they modernised, and each got his own room, that was at about the same time as it became every man for himself.

It's a shame...a sense of community is a great thing!

[Elysium]

I think so too.

I was in the NZ Army back when we all lived in 8 man rooms. Everyone looked out for everyone. Then they modernised, and each got his own room, that was at about the same time as it became every man for himself.

It's a shame...a sense of community is a great thing!

Really? I thought it was always shared rooms. Should ask my brother when I next see him and ask if they're gone soft now.

[vtec]

Ok, to the moral police. Should we cry over the thousands of baby's we don't see dieing in Africa from starvation. Or should it just be over European's hit by a car because we got to see it.

In my case, I'm shocked these days only by things I see first hand or happen to people that I know. I've seen some carnage during my motorbike racing time and think I'm quite desensitised.

[Tone165]

Ok, to the moral police. Should we cry over the thousands of baby's we don't see dieing in Africa from starvation. Or should it just be over European's hit by a car because we got to see it.

In my case, I'm shocked these days only by things I see first hand or happen to people that I know. I've seen some carnage during my motorbike racing time and think I'm quite desensitised.

I think you are throwing in a red herring re starving Africans. Sure there is much suffering etc in the world, some ppl want to "fix" it, some want to pretend it is not so, and some (incl me) dont want to look, because it only spoils my day!

This particular event has a little more to catch my interest.

Firstly...it has a component of road rage...which is epidemic here in Aussie..

Secondly it has the "Snapped" thing going, and as one who is sick to the back teeth of finding Govts hand in my pocket every time I turn around..to fund the latest cash giveaway or total idiot plan...I am keen to know more of what was this guys "last straw".

Thirdly...as this happened in a culture similar to our own, we could all take a warning from it that even now we have been "saved" by gun laws, bikie laws, terrorist laws.....we are not so safe....and arguably..less safe!

Im not sure about "desensitised" as you say. I am ex Army, and a Motorcyclist..I've seen some nasty shit. It still bothers me...but does not prevent me functioning....to clarify...

No one wants to come around the corner and find a motor accident, blood and gore, perhaps fatalities...maybe kids. I am no different there!

But...I know from experience that if that does happen, I can keep it together, provide some level of assistance, and continue to function. Not trying to blow my own trumpet..just relay that my personal experience is that not everone can keep their head in such situations.

One example...a guy who was wandering around looking for his shoe while his wife bled to death in the car...his brain had basically gone into "shut-down" because it was overloaded with info that he had no way of dealing with.

Im no expert..perhaps any Coppers here could add....but I think it takes a certain amount of exposure to train the mind not to go to la la land like that.

I think to call that "desensitization" is misleading, and a little unfair to the ones that can help out when needed....they do care, and feel, and remember the horror...but dont let it get in the way of what needs doing right now.

Sorry bout the hijack.....truck broke down so I have no work to go to......

Too much time is a buggar!

[Brett]

I laughed at that too before I laughed at the guard, if that helps?

You're a foocking tool you are.
There is always someone lurking on the internet trying to be 'cool' and create a hard bastard image.
Go drown in a pint of stfu Anarkist.