Speaking of 9-1-1 calls

[MrMastodonFarm]

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/03/23..._0521_07_26.txt

A state trooper was suspended for 15 days without pay after he was recorded on a 911 tape saying "too bad" to a caller seeking help for a man injured in a motorcycle accident.

[red '00]

Moron. Should have lost his job.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Can't remember if was posted here or not, but some cops (might have been firefighters) in Miami (I think) were fired a couple of weeks ago after commenting "Burn baby burn" while a nightclub was on fire.

[Agamemnon]

And below that story in the same link...

VIENNA, Austria -- Researchers at an Austrian university used human corpses to study how to develop better crash-test dummies, and authorities are now investigating whether the scientists should be charged with violating the dignity of the dead, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally posted by Agamemnon@Mar 24 2005, 01:20 AM
And below that story in the same link...

VIENNA, Austria -- Researchers at an Austrian university used human corpses to study how to develop better crash-test dummies, and authorities are now investigating whether the scientists should be charged with violating the dignity of the dead, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Not only is that sick, it's scientifically stupid. A dead corpse isn't going to be any better a substitute for a living person than a crash test dummy.

[Lanny_MacDonald]

Originally posted by Agamemnon@Mar 24 2005, 01:20 AM
And below that story in the same link...

VIENNA, Austria -- Researchers at an Austrian university used human corpses to study how to develop better crash-test dummies, and authorities are now investigating whether the scientists should be charged with violating the dignity of the dead, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

News flash... that's what the auto industry used to use in their crash test studies before the crash test Bush was developed.