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Old 30-10-2024, 10:20   #121
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Re: 3 Dead, 5 Injured

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Man charged in boat crash that killed three young people near Kingston in May

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Det. Insp. Marty McConnell says a 44-year-old man from South Frontenac Township was arrested and charged with three counts of dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death.

Three young adults died and five other people were taken to hospital after a speedboat ended up on top of a fishing boat on Bobs Lake, north of Kingston, shortly after 9:30 p.m. on May 18.

McConnell says the accused was also charged with three counts of dangerous operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm, three counts of impaired operation causing death and three counts of impaired operation causing bodily harm.
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1 person facing charges following fatal boat crash in eastern Ontario on Victoria Day weekend
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We were on the ICW motoring at 6-7 knots from Pensacola, FL to The Wharf Marina in Gulf Shores, AL about 10 days ago on a Saturday. The stupidity shown by probably 25% of the powerboaters was astounding. To make it worse, there was a Poker Run happening and we had idiots in high speed center consoles and Scarab/Cigarette type boats buzzing past us at 50-70 mph 50-100 feet away. Scary!

Just passing through, I had a similar experience in that exact same place about 10 years ago. Sounds like not much has changed.
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Thank you for the up-date, Mike :-)

Those are appropriately serious charges. Now let's see what the court does with them.

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Indeed, thanks, Mike.

Again, my condolences to family and loved ones.

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Old 30-10-2024, 19:18   #125
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Thanks Mike. I've been wondering what became of this.
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It takes going fast and brainless to get killed and kill.


Why would anyone do this is a proof we are not all the same species.


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It takes going fast and brainless to get killed and kill.

Why would anyone do this is a proof we are not all the same species.

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As in all species, there is variation among individual human beings, from size, and shape, to skin tone, and eye colour, etc. But, we are much more alike, than we are different.
We are, in fact, remarkably similar.
We all have roots, extending back 300,000 years, to the emergence of the first modern humans, in Africa; and back more than 6 million years, to the evolution of the earliest human species, in Africa.
Our human story, of adaptation, and survival, is written in our genes, in every cell of our bodies, as well as in the fossil, and BEHAVIOURAL evidence.
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It does seem to be as many of us called it (many, not all). But we'll have to await the final verdict from the court.

It is dismaying to see how callous some Homo sapiens treat the lives of their fellows, but it's certainly not unusual for our species. One only has to read the front page to see the daily body count from the current wars. Heck, just drive a busy highway and you'll encounter plenty of jerks who think their need for speed outweighs the lives of the people they put at risk all around them.

Sadly, it's all very human.
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