Lovelee
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« on: February 16, 2009, 08:16:27 am » |
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It is being reported that a man accused of lighting a bushfire which killed 21 people in Victoria had been a volunteer member of a country fire brigade since the 1980s. The 39-year-old faces three charges in relation to the Churchill fire in the Gippsland area. He is due in court in Melbourne on Monday. Researchers say around half of the bushfires in Australia are lit deliberately. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has described the fires as "mass murder". http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/churchill-fire-accused-fire-brigade-volunteer-2488321 |
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Calliope
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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2009, 08:21:48 am » |
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it is not unusual for arsonists to join the Fire Service as they get their jollys watching fires.
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donquixotenz
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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2009, 08:26:50 am » |
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Is it remotely possible he was trying to light a back fire?  |
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Lovelee
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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2009, 08:45:44 am » |
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sounds like a good defence - providing he wasnt using a haystack as the 'wick'
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Laughter is the best medicine, unless you've got a really nasty case of syphilis, in which case penicillin is your best bet.
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donquixotenz
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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2009, 04:05:53 pm » |
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seems he was into child porn as well........Hmmmmm |
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But rather, to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...
WOW, What a Ride!"
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Lovelee
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« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2009, 04:19:05 pm » |
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.. and he was turned down for a firies job - that means nothing - I reckon there is hundreds of men whove been turned down.
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Laughter is the best medicine, unless you've got a really nasty case of syphilis, in which case penicillin is your best bet.
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Lovelee
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« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2009, 06:25:55 pm » |
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Facebook vigilantes have launched groups calling for the man accused of lighting one of the deadly Victorian bushfires to be "burnt at the stake". http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/16/2492818.htm |
Laughter is the best medicine, unless you've got a really nasty case of syphilis, in which case penicillin is your best bet.
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