Thread: Name and Shame - good or bad?

I realise the South West is the land of old curtain twitchers and senile snitches, but what do you think of this?


These are the people who were charged with drink-driving in Devon over Christmas and New Year - Devon Live

What's your point? Everyone will appear in the local press for whatever crime when they go to court.

And what of those good citizens that insist on driving while engaged and distracted on their assorted gadgetry?

Almost as irresponsible and dangerously equal to driving pissed. And yet, still quite accepted.

Originally Posted by HuangLao

And what of those good citizens that insist on driving while engaged and distracted on their assorted gadgetry?

Almost as irresponsible and dangerously equal to driving pissed. And yet, still quite accepted.

That's illegal in the UK too and those convicted also have their names published in the papers.

It's Devon. Most of these people will have been caught the morning after on a 6-8am road black. There are no rural police any more, and no cops stopping drunks at night time. They are only posting this to make people think there are.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

It's Devon. Most of these people will have been caught the morning after on a 6-8am road black. There are no rural police any more, and no cops stopping drunks at night time. They are only posting this to make people think there are.

If you say so.

I tell you what I think, that's a horrible format for an online newspaper but many local web-based rags have that same format. The sooner they change it the better, so long as the next one is better than that. The last one was shite but this one is the worst so far.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

If you say so.

You live in a rural area?

Originally Posted by HuangLao

And what of those good citizens that insist on driving while engaged and distracted on their assorted gadgetry?

Almost as irresponsible and dangerously equal to driving pissed. And yet, still quite accepted.

6 points on your licence and a fine for using a mobile phone while driving in the UK. 12 points and a ban or 6 points within first 2 years of getting your licence. So not acceptable to use phone while driving while you still see people using them it's rare compared to the norm it used to be plus most people have hands free connections in their tin boxes these days.

Originally Posted by Neverna

horrible format for an online newspaper

It is a corporate giant Trinity Mirror Group taking over all local news papers. They are being swallowed up or driven off the net by the mainstream media company. THere is NO ROOM for local journalism these days.

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Will have this one's name and address, please.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

You live in a rural area?

Yes, although it's probably urban compared to the wilds of Mummerzet - as the police operation in question was in urban areas (you did read it all before you posted, right, and watched the video?) I don't see what that's got to do with it.

^^^No money in local rags these days, no one buys them and the free ones struggle to get enough advertising to cover costs. Shame but printed news is a dying format more so at a local level.

It used to be the norm 20 years ago.

I remember driving the old man back from the pub at age 12 with two hitch hiking nuns in the back.
Ended up putting the triumph herald into a ditch and walking across the fields to bed.
Left the old man and the praying nuns upside down in the ditch.
Bstard thought it was well funny the next day after he'd had a few liveners.

Originally Posted by buriramboy

^^^No money in local rags these days, no one buys them and the free ones struggle to get enough advertising to cover costs. Shame but printed news is a dying format more so at a local level.

There are still four or five around here but the news is basically just a 5 page supplement to 40 pages of estate agent ads

^^^^^Theres one on your usual channel mate


https://bangkok.craigslist.co.th/cas...454277727.html

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Yes, although it's probably urban compared to the wilds of Mummerzet - as the police operation in question was in urban areas (you did read it all before you posted, right, and watched the video?) I don't see what that's got to do with it.

Balls; you probably think Croydon is rural.

Anyway. NOTHING in the article about if being an urban area. Nothing to say it was night time and the "video" is a slide show of bollocks and says nowt either.

Originally Posted by Dillinger

^^^^^Theres one on your usual channel mate


https://bangkok.craigslist.co.th/cas...454277727.html

What were you actually searching for when you accidently stumbled across that ad?

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Balls; you probably think Croydon is rural.

Is the aerodrome still there?

Originally Posted by buriramboy

^^^No money in local rags these days, no one buys them and the free ones struggle to get enough advertising to cover costs. Shame but printed news is a dying format more so at a local level.

No excuse for no online presence though.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Is the aerodrome still there?

Not any more. You probably sold it to the Nazis telling them it was "rural".

Originally Posted by Dillinger

^^^^^Theres one on your usual channel mate


https://bangkok.craigslist.co.th/cas...454277727.html

Aaarggggh!! Diliinger, wtf? These are two items that should never go together!!!!

Originally Posted by pseudolus

You probably sold it to the Nazis

Happiest days of my life...

Originally Posted by pseudolus

No excuse for no online presence though.

The online presence of many local rags is akin to the Pattaya rags these days as in just people getting arrested for whatever crime that may arouse some interest.