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Speak Up: SHOULD crocs be protected as they are now?

NO I think they shouldcull them; they’ve beenuphere longenough.You can’t go in the sea,you can’t do anything.

JOYCEBERTS, Leanyer

YES Idiots posingwith crocs they’ve shothas nothing to dowiththe decision onwhether to protectthem. Things are goodas they are now.

PATRICELAUVERJON,Driver

YESThey are atourist attractionand they should beleft alone.

RONOLDMEADOW,Parap

DON’T KNOWYou could say yesor no—you can’t justgo shooting themthough. And you knownot to go swimmingwith them.

FAYESULTAN,Moulden

YESAll animalsshould beprotected.All animals. I’ve beentoAlaskawhere theywould cut off shark finsand leave them there—it’s idiotic.

PAULTARR,DarwinCity

0428 NTNEWS (686 397)txt the editorAhh, at last, some decent, worthwhileNTNewspics of some of the real ‘‘good’’ NT crocodiles!Thanks, I relished the thought of some of thecroc-hugger fanatics slipping into frothing-at-the-mouth apoplectic palavers!—Pete, 11Mile.

ONTHESPEED LIMITn I notice that many of thewhingers on the speed limitlive in cities outside the NT.Butt out bloody southerners.We live here. And anyway,the open speed limit is only a200k section in the middle ofnowhere. And what a ridicu-lous idea to want to reducethe speed limit betweenKatherine and Darwin. 130 isjust fine thank you. Chrisin Katherine

n Hooray now we’ll b theenvy of Australia, and all in-terstate police will hate usagain. Welcome back open

speed, we missed ya dearly.Now where’s that pushbikeofmine?

n Open speed limits. Interest-ing! Wonder if a family ortourist gets taken out bysome hoon doing 200 plus ifthe families of the victimswould be eligible for full com-pensation from NT Gov! Forunsafe road sign practising.Fromdumbdumb

ONTHEABCn Yes, John of Rapid Creek,the purpose of the frequentadverts on ABC completelyeludes me. Unless its purpose

is to give you the irrits sobadly that you pay a providerand change channels so youdon’t see it every xyz min-utes. Shy Scribe

n How much does it costth taxpayer for ABC 24 tobroadcast th same stuff allday long?

n John of Rapid Crk. Yes Iwld like my tax $ back 2.Take some of Tony Jones’$300,000.00+ and from theother overpaid biased journosas well. I used 2 watch mostlyABC but don’t now. Sell itplease Tony!Robhdoo

n As far as I’m concerned, the

ABC is great value for money.Top EndPete

ONOTHERTHINGSn Abbott is a little Johnnyclone. Stop the boats (re-member Tampa?) cut the ABC(no Spicks n Specks?). Let’shope the Yanks don’t find an-other war.

n Somebody give The Virgin-ian a map — the next time thestretch of highway betweenBarrow Creek and AliceSprings sees a wet seasonwill be the first!

n A couple of lazy billion for

farmers’ drought relief only 2yrs after we spent bucketloads on flood relief. Howabout a bit of WTF relief?Chap achills

n Some people should not beallowed to keep pets! Whilstenjoying the spectacular8.8m tide at Nightcliff fore-shore myself and other wavewatchers saw a brown kelpiedog dicing with death runningin and out of the huge churn-ing surf — everyone was won-dering who owned the dogand trying to call it back awayfrom getting washed out orslammed against the rocks.

LettersLETTER OF THE DAY

The key is toknowyour limitWE are confused about speedlimits. The safe driving speed(above which we can becharged with negligent ordangerous driving) is deter-mined by factors such asweather conditions, traffic,driver, vehicle and road con-ditions at any given moment.

This safe driving speed isnot determined by the postedmaximum speed, be it 15, 40,60km/h or whatever, includ-ing derestricted zones.

At a given place, the postedmaximum speed might be 60,for example, but driving at 40could be deemed reckless andtherefore negligent, if theconditions mean that such adriving speed is unsafe.

I don’t understand what iscomplicated about this.

If the posted maximumspeed is not specified(‘‘open’’), there is no exemp-tion for driving dangerously,exactly as it applies in any

other posted speed zone, be it40 or 130. In fact, if I am driv-ing in a school zone andweather and traffic dictate, Imight drive at 30.

If I’m driving in a 130 zone,I might feel comfortable at100, but feel pressed to driveat 130. If I’m driving in anopen (derestricted) zone, Idrive at 70-185, absolutely de-termined by all conditions inthat time and place.

Do we need to be fright-ened and suspicious of eachother to do the wrong thing?Or do we need Nanny to holdour hand?

Oh, and with no responsib-ility, by the way, because theposted speed limit cuts downthe paperwork and cutsdown on discretion and intel-ligence. Yet we feel free totake the trouble to fine a lassfor having an unrestrainedpuppy in her car. Spare me.ShyScribe, Nightcliff Paul Josif looks at the washed away bike path on Casuarina Drive after the recent huge tides Picture: PATRINA MALONE

PICK OF THE PICS

And anyonewho says they haven’t heard aboutthe place clearly hasn’t been checking out theNTNews Entertainment Guide— SEE BELOW

ONBAITING CROCSn Mate, you are withoutdoubt a death waiting to hap-pen and I for one won’t bat aneyelid when it does. Myapologies to your family andfriends but frankly I think theworld would be better offwithout freakin’ morons likeyou. One less fool we haveto feed and water in the jails,because that is where youwill ultimately end up. Sick ofdamn idiots of NT

n If these clowns are sillyenough to enter areas of crochabitation then let them paythe price for their stupidity.

It may be a joke to them nowbut once a life is lost or a limbbitten off it kind of loses itshumour. Trouble is somemorons just never seem tolearn, until it’s too late.H.R.Pufnstuf of Tasmania

n I would love to see a pic ofthis tool’s face if Mr Crocstarted climbing in there withhim. Old Territorian. ofTennant Creek.

n Disturbing, stupid and justmind numbing . . . Obviouslylife does not mean a lotto these folks. Sophie ofDarwin

n Leave him alone. He isdoing his best to get re-moved from the gene poolas soon as he can! Jo Blowof Darwin

ONCHIPPO CLOSUREn So glad all the wild ani-mals (barring all toads)went and had the mostFABULOUS night . . . Thankyou Rod and Renee . . . youmade The Chippo a classic

iconic Darwin venue for localmusos and awed public . . . weawait the resurrection of ElChippo with bated breath!!!Ang from HS (and longdancing supporter!!!) ofHoward Springs

n Good luck guys, it’s such aloss for Darwin! Hope you’reback on track soon :) Josh

n The Chippo has been a

fantastic alternative to Mit-chell Street and I have faiththey’ll be back in the future.True supporters of local musicand comedy, Renee and Rod.And anyone who says theyhaven’t heard about the placeclearly hasn’t been checkingout the NT News Entertain-ment Guide because there’sbeen a story in there at leastonce a fortnight about livebands, artists or comedygigs held at the venue! Rachof Darwin

n Such great fuzzy memo-ries of The Chippo!!! Bilbyof Byron

ONEUTHANASINGDOGSn Darwin council actuallyholds on to dogs for a lotlonger than most pounds inthe southern states. It’s 4business days so they prob-ably had the dog a weekbefore being euthanised. Ifthe dog had any ID such astags or a microchip this wouldnot have happened. Jessof Darwin

n That’s disgusting. Poor dog.There isn’t a need for that. It’snot his fault that the dog gotout. And 4 days, really??!!! Un-real. Heartless! Brooke ofNorthern Territory