Comments about littering

There are 100 comments about "littering"

zagg: *shakes fist* damn youngings and their rap music and their littering; why I oughta!...

in response to: Exotic Slurpee Plant? by zagg

been: But I think, ultimately, the fourth is my favourite. Love the dendritic effect of the leafless tree, so sharp in the foreground. The transition from the glittering bay up to the murky sky, through the......

in response to: On a Cloudy Day by Elicar

jack: barry you took these i'm guessing from 30 rock, and they are beautiful shots, this is manhattan in fall, autumn in new york, why does it seem so inviting, autumn in new york, it......

in response to: Rockefeller by barry

Nibs: It is not Tim Hortons making the mess it is the lazy customer that cannot be bothered to put the cup or garbage in its right place, that being a garbage can. Pretty sad when......

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ksedge: this post reminded me of how much i love the look of broken glass. although, like zagg, i detest littering, as well as the safety issues of it, my eyes find it appealing. [[img:14693]]...

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zagg: i detest littering, i love the effect the broken glass though in this shot...

in response to: Rocky Love. by Matt Skujins

jeeff: i wonder if they'll incorporate littering motorists somehow......

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GGP: the indignity of littering seems even more severe on snow....

in response to: Iced Coffee by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

xen: The environmental damage caused by littering doesn't compare to that caused by car spew. It's ugly, but does a good job of showing city goers what happens when you jam millions of people together. That......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

wake up!: have you people forgoten there is people out there to pick up the shit,garbage people,the guy that goes around in the machine pickin up the garbage with the vacuum sucker,i pay the taxes for those......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Both sides: To Coachrob59 ... just wanted to point out that you fit in one the of the many groups you laid out and that group would be 15) The "people who didn't proof read their post"......

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15minutes of fame: whant your 15 minutes of fame,show up in the market tomorrow and start littering...

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Liam: you know the worst part about this, that guy is a stupid socially irrispobsible frat boy that never grew up, and his wife is hot, that's karma for you. Leah there are better ways to make......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Snidwiget: I had a vegatable patty for lunch and threw up is that littering?...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

show respect - trash has its place : Timmy's has to add a surcharge onto each coffee to help pay for clean-up of all the cups littering the roadside. Their drive thrus don't work well for cyclists as well...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

9C1: I think it would have been far more effective to have just picked up the garbage, just walk to his window, and start shaking her head. Or even better, to have him roll down his......

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mtb4ever: I've read through many of these postings and am astounded at some of your comments. On the subject of what started the whole thing - littering. Mad Max actually said, "So he littred big......

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show respect - trash has its place : Careful to "Litter do I know" Your confrontations could lead to action not just at the scene, but both in Crimminal and Civil court. And in the end no one comes out the winner. Picture a......

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Viceroy Snuffleupagus: This forum discussion is an excellent example of discursive disintegration by virtue of anonymous expression. I'll explain, as this message board was an opportunity squandered. Sure, an argument can be made on behalf of......

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RiTarDid: No harm no foul on her. SOB deseved it, littering's not cool....everyone I know from other countries can't get over how clean our country is, we should be proud of it. Besides, what kinda......

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Mach: Just btw here, didnt any Ontarians catch wind of a great film called CRASH? And I dont mean Cronenbergs sleazoid celluiod number. CRASH will make you think LONG AND HARD about incidents such as this. Mark......

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Vancouver Cyclist: Any chance of the Morotorist and the Cyclist getting together with Hool to shoot some pictures and talking this out? Let's assume that both are sorry for their actions. And that we all agree that littering is......

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driver's brother: in my brothers name i would like to apolagize to leah,we accept the fact that she doesn't,and that is ok it is her own will.and to all the people in kensington market,and he would also......

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Mad Max: I cant believe all you people favour that stupid woman who instigated this whole thing. If you drive in Toronto you know how difficult and stressful it can be in traffic. The last thing you......

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roobs: they're both quite attractive people. canadia breeds healthy specimens and i'd rather see them make love, not war. i don't think cars should be keyed. or littering tolerated. but fighting (as......

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city by-law guy: just put the trash in the can or keep it in the vehicle until you get home.... and people.................................................................................................................................................................. stop putting cigarette butts on the ground or you may get charged with littering.............................................. $360.00...

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James: The move he made to dump her bike, the foot against wheel and pull on seat is a move taught to cops, so I doubt if he was charged for anything. Why did he......

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MeatMan: What a shame... This really tends to show what happens when you pack a bunch of humans into a small area -- they start eating each other like rats. It all comes down to a......

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protestarmy: I found and posted what is attributed to be the couriers version of this story. I found this on Spacing Wire. It presents a slightly different angle on the whole keying of the car issue.......

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observer: Lots to comment on here. 1. Littering is not cool. But calling the guy a polluter? Come on people, this is Kensington Market, not an old-growth forest. It's pretty dirty and unnatural......

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jp: People commending Leah for throwing trash in that guy's car are absolutely ridiculous. There is no justification here for commiting a crime (granted, throwing trash in someone's car could probably only be......

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NDP Voter in Ottawa: Is anyone else wondering why incidents like this don't occur more often? Each of us has seen someone blantanly littering on our city streets. The reason is that anyone with an IQ higher than 70......

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Fellow Torontonian: I personally have thought of doing exactly what Leah did when I see people littering from their vehicles. It's our city, we should fight for it and protect it. ...

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TO_guy: Is that littering pig from this country? If not I suggest we send him back. If he is he should be charged. Maybe a little jail time would smarten his ass up. ......

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be the change...: that guy is really inconsiderate to the environment by littering. and he got away with it. our earth is paying because of jerks like him. ...

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be the change...: that guy is really inconsiderate to the environment by littering. and he got away with it. our earth is paying because of jerks like him. ...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

be the change...: that guy is really inconsiderate to the environment by littering. and he got away with it. our earth is paying because of jerks like him. ...

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Cyclists are whiny babies: Leah is just an idiot, if it was at night and nobody was around, would she have done the same thing? NO....plain and simple, she thought this person wouldnt do anything..she was wrong, i plan......

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Keyboard Warriors: I am actually sitting here laughing in my chair at all the posters (or should I say "posers") who are bragging, actually bragging! about who they would beat anyone who opens their car door to......

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Stephanie: FIrst of all if you guys actually read the storys and interviews in the newspaper from leah herself... she had said that she knows now that she shouldnt have opened his door and "tossed: the......

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Littering is not littering: throwning (or throwing) food is not littering? I guess you probably think that throwing a cup out the window isn't littering either since someone would have picked it up eventually. How about throwing pop cans......

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throwning food is not littering: I throw out food all the time. I'll throw out banana peels, apple cores even orange peels. This guy just threw out a hamburger patty...big deal, a bird probably would have scooped it a couple......

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Dan: That motorist should be charged with littering, fined and made to do public service like pick up the litter that "back side orifaces" like him throw on public areas. I have done the same thing......

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Think of poor White Vest Girl!: First of all - Leah, you are my new hero. Yes, you over-reacted, but at least you 1.) have respect for your town and your environment and 2.) you had the grace to admit that......

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JimboToronto: I can't believe the hatred spewing from the tiny pea brains of the cargoofs. Cargoof Matt says,"That dumb courier got what she deserved. They selectively follow traffic laws, and then all of a sudden they're environmentalists?......

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bertro: I think this courier totaly esclated things to the point of silliness...Yeah, littering is not cool - but anyone with an I.Q. over 70 knows that when you throw garabge back......

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yoshi: to robert from about 12 hours ago, ok robert, i see where you're going with that, and ok, i admit that was an extreme and maybe unfair comparison. so you're suggesting that "if everybody littered,......

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Barmitzvah: Hey Rob, how old are you? Ten? Do you have your parents permission to use their computer? Littering creates jobs? Also Rapists and murderers help the prison industry. How would society hold together without them?...

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anon (CPE000129ff6803-CM0014f8633a9e.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): Good for her! It is all about being a pig and not caring or respecting our precious environment. Littering is totally NOT cool! If this girl is a single mom and working very hard as......

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alex the cool kid: That guy is crazy, throwing garbage out a window thats littering incase you dident know! And the courier should have just told him insted of throwing it at him. So inclosing there both fools....

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alex the cool kid: that guy is crazy, throwing garbage out a window thats littering incase you dident know! And the courier should have just told him insted of throwing it at him. So inclosing there both fools....

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boogieshoes: Leah Rules, Litterbug's a tool Cops don't give a crap about litter Public littering is everyone's business. Hopefully some would-be litterbugs will now take responsibility for their garbage. Kensington market rules. If you don't like artists and characters,......

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pajamas: Everyone in this situation is fucking stupid. Sure, litter sucks, but how does whipping garbage at someone -really- help? Do we think he'll stop littering from this action? Really it would have been just as......

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Jellyroll: God damn I hope that littering asshole gets ticketed, fined, and then sued. The world is his fucking garbage can, is it? I don't condone what the courrier did but wouldn't convict her......

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JimboToronto: I live on Augusta Ave about a block north of where this occurred but missed it due to being out of town. I am neither a bike courier nor a motorist, but my sympathies lie......

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anon (HSE-Montreal-ppp339692.sympatico.ca): I am a Kensington Market resident living on the street where the altercation took place. My first reaction upon hearing the news was “wow, maybe the city will FINALLY allow us to have garbage cans......

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humans suck: clearly both were in the wrong here, i detest littering as much as anyone here, but you can't go around throwing it back in people's cars, leah, your first clue that this guy was a dick was......

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zeezee toularee: LEAH: social conscience takes guts. i'm glad you're part of my community. HOOL: with regards to the star sniping your pictures... i am not totally clear about copyright infringements for newspapers, but i know that some artists whose......

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nat: hey i dont blame the guy for littering,thoose market patty's taste like shit...

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Robt. "Bob" Loblaw: My young son and I were in the park yesterday and this guy kept dropping chunks of bread onto the ground. How dare he? My boy picked up his mandatory ten pieces by which time,......

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Fast Eddie: Mind your own business....if she was in Scarb or Jane & Finch area, she could be shot and killed. If she didn't like the littering, call the cop on him. I would be......

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yoshi: to "Lets find out the truth"... you are quite right that this whole thing is getting embarassing, the allegations and illiterate, rascist, moronic comments coming out of the woodwork is making a mockery out of what......

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Pawel: So I guess its alright to litter outside, but not back into someone's car. DOes this mean that the car is hollowed ground that can not have garbage dumped into? Secondly, wasn't there......

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zazaster: I would/have done the same thing. I have grabbed cigarettes dumped on the road at a stoplight and run over and dump them back into the car. Also, I have another method I......

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Leah your heart is in the right place.: LEAH: don't listen to these people who think you deserved what happened. Although I think you should have knocked on the guys window and asked him to pick up his trash, I applaud your......

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Don't make excuses for littering: Huey, why do you think it is OK to throw garbage on the street, but it is not OK to have it returned to you? That garbage was his, he owns it. ......

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Huey: I do not care how much you hate littering, there is no excuse for throwing the garbage back into the car. If you don't like the fact that the person littered, pick up the trash......

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Kathie from Burlington: When that motorist decided to litter on the street he littered on our world, our space. When she threw the garbage back into his car, she was littering only his personal space. What......

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Stop the litter...let's get this piece of junk to jail: I am amazed and disappointed at what I am reading in many of these postings. There seam to be so many people trying to defend a violent jerk who uncaringly makes the city a......

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Chapter Cycles: Having read through all previous comments (there will no doubt be a few more) as well as all versions of the event, I am decidedly sympathetic towards the driver. I am both an avid road......

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Vancouver Cyclist: I hope Leah has stopped reading this, too much negative energy. But let her know that there are a lot of people out here in Vancouver that support her. Hopefully at least some of the people......

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Greg: In the Toronto Star on the next page after the pictures and article of this incident is an article about global warming and the warnings of scientists around the world about the catastrophes that will......

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Dr.Phil: first off polish boy not only your a pig for littering the street,but your also a pig for littering peoples sight with that horrible jacket you have on,and your a pig for fuckin that ugly......

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Daryl G.: What ever happened to just throwing litter away? Obviously this cyclist was either mentally retarded or just a plain bitch. Sure, it's not that great to litter, but there's really no need to......

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Wonderful Toronto Sites - NOT ! : This guy is MAD at the WORLD if he freaks out like he did PERIOD...He had much bigger issues, unfortunately she didn't know that and well that what can happen when you don't know ! She......

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What's Really Going On Here: It's interesting that this is primarily a concerned citizen vs. a s***head matter, not a cyclist vs motorist issue. The reason why it has exploded as the latter is due to the decades of......

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Pete: Plain and simple the man who littered should not have done so, the woman should have retaliated in a more tactful manner leaving less room for violent consequences. the man should take a long......

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Viernes: That is why we have laws. To prevent self righteous fundamentalist zealots to try to impose their beliefs on us all by the use of violence and intimidation.Yes littering is wrong, we have laws......

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I can't believe what I read!: while some people are really articulate individuals with a sense of humor and enough intelligence to make me wonder... WTF are they doing defending a guy that contravened a municipal by-law, assaulted a PERSON, and......

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Jerry: As this city used to be called "Hogtown" I thing "Pigtown" would be more apropo. Why? 1) The rectitude laced moron courier (and as a pedestrian I have only contempt for the arrogant, spoilt, disrespectfull cyclists,......

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Unbelievable: Both parties in this are definitely ego-monsters. I agree with the above poster(Sault Ste. Marie) and many others. The courier should have taken down the plate number and reported the motorist, and picked up the......

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Forkmiester: Ya know, having been a cyclist and a motorist in tarrana, i do understand his fustrations and hers. But when you look at the situation: - he litters by throwing out garbage from his window. Arse.......

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Emmett: He shouldn't have thrown his trash in the road in the first place. I praise Leah for sticking up for what she believed in. Not only should the driver be charged for littering......

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Sault Ste. Marie Guy: I came to this webb site to satisfy my curiosity. The story was broadcasted on CBC radio 1. I believe both parties are douche bags. First for the courier to throwing the burger at the......

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Rod: Never mind this violence against littering shit. Let's talk about that 15 year old girl in Dartmouth who kicked the shit out of two older teenage boys who tried to rob her. Using her jujuitsu (probably......

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Donald Morin, donaldmorin@gmail.com: Good action related pictures, even though a bit sad, as it is an indication of the times we live in. Loving ones neighbour is differently out of the picture here, as people allow themselves......

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Justice John H. Gomery: I have begun looking into the "Littering Scandal", and have determined who was at fault here. I blame the entire thing on the LIBERALS. Paul Martin should step down immediately! The full report will be posted......

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frank: i'm not going to comment on who was right or wrong, because unless one was there from start to finish, they can't truly know. the bottom line is: littering is discusting!! as far as i'm concerned, littering......

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Rai: It appears there is a great deal of mixing of legality and morality going on in most of the responses to this post. Based on the infromation available I'd just like to point out......

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Mugs: One thing I find hilarious is you people from the city, crying bloody murder when it comes to littering, while your garbage is trucked by the tonne down rural highways into the states. How nice......

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EvilGentleman: On Littering: First off, let me mention that as a native Indian, I am so deeply saddened to see the land that once held the bones of my ancestors being converted into a cesspool of trash.......

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Todd: Litter has certainly been a problem in our city. Our mayor has even asked the citizens to clean up and made us more aware of the problem. However even with the clean up......

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Erica Grsyowski: She (the courier) picked up his cup, went to his truck, opened the door and threw it at him. Picking on people for littering is like picking on people for George Bush for being stupid. If she......

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HRS: Laws against littering are not really there to give the police the choice to charge someone, they are in place to deter people from littering; the same way locks are on doors. They stop the......

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Joe: to comment on "driver"'s post : "hello my name is alex solski and i just wanna say that i had the reaction that i did simply because this ugly dyke threw the litter right in my......

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whatever: I didn't read all the comments, but i am damn sure that if someone threw my garbage back into my car I'd be pissed off enough to throw coffee at them and assault their bike.......

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Brad: Bravo to Leah..... It takes conviction to standup to the world, when something is wrong and you know it. In the big city everyone sits back and wants someone else to be responsible. One comment......

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Mr.Bean: bill: 1st Feb 2006 - 04:14 GMT man, you hosers are a bunch of hippies. down here in God's America, there'd be one dead littering motherfucker, and our heroine's camo shorts would still be crisp and......

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Ctos: Michelle and other supporters of insane drivers; We need more people like the biker lady. I lived in the market for 6 years and was constantly offended by out of hood drivers thinking that because local......

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taylor192: Concerning the comment: Argent47: 27th Jan 2006 - 21:01 GMT Somehow throwing litter on public property is just littering, throwing it on private property is destruction of private property. If you throw your cigarette out, expect......

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