Brixton chitter chatter, part 2

[ajdown]

Snapping a picture of a dodgy sign at a noodel (sic) bar for a jokey thread and stopping to take a photo near a road traffic incident are in no way equivalent you moron.

Remember when Naomi got run over by the prison van by KFC?

I seem to recall hearing about lots of people there taking pictures and not so much fuss being made.

 

[teuchter]

Remember when Naomi got run over by the prison van by KFC?

I seem to recall hearing about lots of people there taking pictures and not so much fuss being made.

I remember the photo-taking being condemned on here actually.

 

[tarannau]

Right, and so you're going to take your pictures to the police to prove careless driving then, like a modern day Quincy then AJ.

Some people were probably cunts with their camera on the day Naomi was crushed by a Serco van. But you didn't have to prove yourself as worse than them.

 

[El Jefe]

Remember when Naomi got run over by the prison van by KFC?

I seem to recall hearing about lots of people there taking pictures and not so much fuss being made.

you have this tendency to constantly try and justify your actions by explaining why they're not as bad as somebody else's.

Doesn't cut it, stand or fall by your own actions - get a fucking spine.

 

[ajdown]

Both incidents show what chaos can be caused by a simple stretch of road being closed.

Maybe there needs to be some time spent improving some of the roads from about half way up the hill that go to both Clapham Road and Effra Road, so that the traffic can be directed that way in the event of a need to close instead of the entire Acre Lane - South Circular stretch being shut for hours on end.

 

[El Jefe]

Both incidents show what chaos can be caused by a simple stretch of road being closed.

Maybe there needs to be some time spent improving some of the roads from about half way up the hill that go to both Clapham Road and Effra Road, so that the traffic can be directed that way in the event of a need to close instead of the entire Acre Lane - South Circular stretch being shut for hours on end.

"you've got me bang to rights, guvnor - bad traffic management is to blame"

Dick

 

[ajdown]

Right, and so you're going to take your pictures to the police to prove careless driving then, like a modern day Quincy then AJ.

No need, I'm sure they will take much better pictures than I can. I don't know when this happened, but it was clearly a long time before I passed the scene, and my one picture won't add any great value to the investigation.

 

[El Jefe]

No need, I'm sure they will take much better pictures than I can. I don't know when this happened, but it was clearly a long time before I passed the scene, and my one picture won't add any great value to the investigation.

so what value does it add, and to who?

 

[tarannau]

And now we're back going on about the inconvenience to yourself and what could aid your journey to work. Perhaps you can print your burgeoning collection of road traffic accident shots off and make them into a pictoral case that you can send to the council in support of a road widening scheme to make your life easier.

And you wondered why I characterised you as a 'me, me, me' poster.

 

[ajdown]

Not much, given that I chose to remove the link from the thread because of so many people getting their panties in a wad over it.

But, the resulting discussion did at least alert people to the fact that the road was closed, and according to BBC Travel, continues to be.

 

[ajdown]

And you wondered why I characterised you as a 'me, me, me' poster.

If more people round here actually got concerned about themselves and issues that affected them, it'd be a lot less stressful round here.

Instead, people get so heated arguing about things like a fucking beauty pageant and a 'call to arms' to disrupt it. It's no wonder people don't take the Left seriously.

 

[El Jefe]

Not much, given that I chose to remove the link from the thread because of so many people getting their panties in a wad over it.

so let's assume people didn't "get their panties in a wad over it", what value then?

But, the resulting discussion did at least alert people to the fact that the road was closed, and according to BBC Travel, continues to be.

and a ghoulish photo was the only effective means of conveying that information, yes?

 

[El Jefe]

If more people round here actually got concerned about themselves and issues that affected them, it'd be a lot less stressful round here.

Instead, people get so heated arguing about things like a fucking beauty pageant and a 'call to arms' to disrupt it. It's no wonder people don't take the Left seriously.

and now it's the LEFT'S fault

you really are a fucking disgrace

 

[tarannau]

I knew that by watching the BBC Breakfast programme at 7 today. The fact that some unrepentant knobber posted shots of a bloodied street considerably after the event added absolutely nothing of help.

 

[ajdown]

It was on BBC news at 7? Good grief. Four hours later the road is still closed. How long does it take to send in a photographer, find something to take away the van, gather up the bits, and hose down the road?

 

[El Jefe]

It was on BBC news at 7? Good grief. Four hours later the road is still closed. How long does it take to send in a photographer, find something to take away the van, gather up the bits, and hose down the road?

now you're just trolling, and you need a fucking slap

 

[Kanda]

Closed off quite a chunk of the road:

 

[ajdown]

now you're just trolling, and you need a fucking slap

Honest question.

What's the justification for keeping a major road closed for so many hours?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Has it occurred to you AJ that the victim could be someone who posts on here?

I know quite a few people who live on Lambert Road, and there's enough of us (though not me) that walk down Brixton Hill to the station.

Not that it's any more relevant, but I'm sure whoever it was wouldn't like to see pictures posted on the internet, whether it's showing their body or not

 

[tarannau]

FWIW, it's closest off all the way on the Water Lane side to the Hobgoblin too.

 

[Kanda]

Honest question.

What's the justification for keeping a major road closed for so many hours?

Forensics.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Closed off quite a chunk of the road:

That IS relevant, bloodied rags and pillows are not

I went past it an hour and surprisingly, I didn't see anyone (except a police photographer) taking photos

 

[tarannau]

Honest question.

What's the justification for keeping a major road closed for so many hours?

Solely to annoy you and nothing at all logical, like preserving an accident scene to find out how such an incident occurred.

 

[ajdown]

Closed off quite a chunk of the road:

I think that so much of the road is closed is more down to it's the nearest junction either side to divert traffic around it, rather than needing that much road.

 

[ovaltina]

What's the justification for keeping a major road closed for so many hours?

I think on Radio 4 this morning they were talking about the fatal stabbings elsewhere in London and mentioned there had been a non-fatal on Brixton Hill, with the victim in a critical condition.

Can't see anything on Google News.

Why don't you pop into A&E and ask around the casualties? I'm sure they'd understand it's just healthy curiosity.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It was on BBC news at 7? Good grief. Four hours later the road is still closed. How long does it take to send in a photographer, find something to take away the van, gather up the bits, and hose down the road?

I don't know, why don't you ask the victim (if they're still alive) or their family?

 

[El Jefe]

I think on Radio 4 this morning they were talking about the fatal stabbings elsewhere in London and mentioned there had been a non-fatal on Brixton Hill, with the victim in a critical condition.

Can't see anything on Google News.

Why don't you pop into A&E and ask around the casualties? I'm sure they'd understand it's just healthy curiosity.

yeh, get a few pics while you're there

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Honest question.

What's the justification for keeping a major road closed for so many hours?

Evidence gathering. It is important that if someone is killed or injured that justice is served. Unless you feel that your inconvenience outweighs that kind of thing. Obviously you are of greater worth and integrity than everyone else. You're not out of step. The entire universe is out of step with you. Poor deluded fools!

 

[ajdown]

Has it occurred to you AJ that the victim could be someone who posts on here?

I know quite a few people who live on Lambert Road, and there's enough of us (though not me) that walk down Brixton Hill to the station.

Not that it's any more relevant, but I'm sure whoever it was wouldn't like to see pictures posted on the internet, whether it's showing their body or not

If anyone here truly is personally affected, then sorry ... but hundreds of other people saw exactly the same thing and nobody seems bothered about the public walking past.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

but hundreds of other people saw exactly the same thing and nobody seems bothered about the public walking past.

Jesus wept.