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   From: wog-NotThisBit-george@amd-p.com   
      
   "dank"  wrote in message   
   news:bEuNi.57817$YL5.34552@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...   
   >  Death wrote...   
   >> By LUKE SALKELD   
   >> 4th October 2007   
   >>   
   >> Firemen who shone their torches at four men they found having sex in   
   >> bushes   
   >> have been disciplined by their bosses.   
   >>   
   >> The crew spotted the men engaged in illegal 'dogging' - outdoor sexual   
   >> activity with strangers - on parkland known as the Downs in Bristol late   
   >> one night.   
   >>   
   >> After embarrassing the men by pointing their torches at them, the crew   
   >> continued on their way to their fire station.   
   >> ...   
   >> But one of the 'doggers' complained to Avon Fire and Rescue, ultimately   
   >> accusing the four-man crew of being homophobic.   
   >>   
   >> The firemen, who have 26 years of service between them, were then   
   >> suspended   
   >> on full pay for three months during an internal investigation.   
   >>   
   >> Yesterday it emerged that two have been fined £1,000 each, another   
   >> demoted   
   >> to a rank which will see him forfeit a similar amount of money, while a   
   >> fourth has received a stern written warning.   
   >> ...   
   >> The crew have been transferred to other stations and ordered to attend an   
   >> equality course.   
   >> ...   
   >> Simon Nelson, the charity's acting regional manager, said: 'The member of   
   >> the public simply wanted to know why the fire service was on the Downs at   
   >> that time of day. We passed on that complaint.'   
   >>   
   >> Avon's chief fire officer Kevin Pearson said: 'There was no justifiable   
   >> reason for that appliance to be in that location at that time. They   
   >> should   
   >> not have been there and there was no operational justification for their   
   >> actions.   
   >   
   > There was no justifiable reason for a person of any profession to be   
   > carrying   
   > a flashlight as he walks to work at night.  But this doesn't seem right   
   > for a   
   > country with ubiquitous video surveillance to go around broacasting images   
   > of   
   > minor criminal offenses all over teevee and the internet, then prosecute   
   > someone for illuminating a crime scene with a flashlight.  The local   
   > police   
   > probably have already planted hidden cameras in the bushes and wank it to   
   > the dogging action.   
      
      
   What an absolute crock of shit.  How on Earth could the Avon Fire & Rescue   
   chaps ascertain that there was no danger to anyone without first inspecting   
   what was going on?   
      
   Thanks for posting this.  It's too ridiculous for words!   
      
   --   
   George   
   "No, no!  You don't ask me questions!  You are a rabbit, I am a human, so if   
   you don't bring me what I want for Easter, I can f*cking kill you!" - Eric   
   Cartman - 4 April 2007   
      
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