No-one said you can't have a drink, you just can't be over .05. I've heard some fun stories about people driving home from the pub pissed over the years as well, not sure it is what we want to see in our society however.
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Jess Hosking
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No-one said you can't have a drink, you just can't be over .05. I've heard some fun stories about people driving home from the pub pissed over the years as well, not sure it is what we want to see in our society however.
I did differentiate the dangers to society between driving over the limit and jetskiing over the limit,
But yeah, i spose rules are rules.
I dont want anyone on the road pissed so i spose i dont want anyone on the sea pissed,
Let me try to make the point more precisely;
Let Jess Hoskins, and all public figures not being paid public money, commit victimless and non-hypocritical crime, privately
Taken with the ‘kill bitches’ written on her shoulder strapping I’d say it’s more than 1 and definitely paints a a clear and unflattering picture of her character. I would have pulled her up on the first one pretty hard. She’s no leader.
And furthermore (Insert old man shaking walking stick emoji) @Baloo - I can’t see how either of these incidents are good pr.
I imagine this is a very rare unlucky exception - doesn’t sound like justice got served for this individual. Very tough way to learn to control what you can control losing a good chunk of your best years.
No, it seemed very harsh, but in the eyes of the law if you are alcohol impaired on the road then you are responsible for any thing that happens.
I remember as a kid in a small country town hearing about two blokes driving home from the pub, both blind drunk. One rear-ended the other at an intersection, pushed the car out into the path of a truck. He went to jail as well.
I dont really give a rats arse about AFLW but.
The Hosking twins strike me as a couple of knockabout chicks that aren't pretentious or full of themselves that one could have a rollicking good time with.
That was a very stupid thing to do however, and I have seen the ugly side of jet skis and misadventures.
Judging by the recent hit pieces she's the Dusty of our women's team now the easy news target.
AFL journos with nothing to write about now the Trade and Draft is done got to find a story and a headline somewhere.
Tigers yet again.
Tell em all to GAGF.
The Hosking twins strike me as a couple of knockabout chicks that aren't pretentious or full of themselves that one could have a rollicking good time with.
That was a very stupid thing to do however, and I have seen the ugly side of jet skis and misadventures.
Judging by the recent hit pieces she's the Dusty of our women's team now the easy news target.
AFL journos with nothing to write about now the Trade and Draft is done got to find a story and a headline somewhere.
Tigers yet again.
Tell em all to GAGF.
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Sorry but given that she has been charged the legal system has worked the right way.Someone broke the law and will face the consequences.If the supplier of the jet ski also supplied grog as part of the deal then I can understand the implication.But shifting responsibility for one's actions is becoming too commonplace IMO.
“There's no such thing as bad publicity” - P.T. Barnum
“There's only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” - Oscar Wilde
My dad did that a few times through the 70s and never had a problem/accident. Amazing how it still happens...
I just want to read detail in a report. How drunk was Jess and how many people were near her? Where is it 'journos'??
Doesn’t matter how many people were around, doesn’t change the offence. Like driving drunk on a crowded highway or a country lane.
She had a mid range reading, was in the article.
Sorry but if you want to pull her up pretty hard for having ‘kill bitches’ written on her strapping then that is pretty harsh.
I doubt very much that she wrote it herself, and was probably unaware it was even there. Every game she has stuff written all over her strapping from her mates - smiley faces, love hearts, pictures, in jokes etc.
Unless she’s very good at upside down back to front left handed hand writing then whoever wrote should be the one in trouble - if trouble is even warranted.
And who hasn’t made the wrong choice in their twenties, had a couple too many drinks and got behind the wheel/handlebars. I certainly have, luckily didn’t get caught.
Jess made a silly potentially dangerous mistake, got caught, and will suffer the consequences.
What a bloody big mountain out of a tiny molehill this has been. Prime AFL media territory
Fair enough. I am surprised that so many people disagree with me but that’s ok. As I wrote in the media thread- I think it is very important to seperate the media frenzy stupidness from a response to the act. Yes 7 are a bunch of trolls but it doesn’t make Jess right. I think she is either stupid or arrogant or both.
I think she’s just young.
Wouldn’t know if she’s arrogant or not.
Me neither and I will also admit to having an extra shot of coffee this afternoon
These things can be really dangerous - I don't think it should be considered any differently than driving a car.
Two women were killed in an incident a few years ago in Copenhagen.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Two women were killed in an incident a few years ago in Copenhagen.
Danish man jailed after jet ski crash killed two Americans
The unnamed jet-skier was jailed for aggravated manslaughter Thursday, stemming from the May 2017 accident in Denmark that killed Americans Leah Bell (left), 18, and Linsey Malia (right), 21.
I do love the hoskos passion for the game and how they go about it ,,,not impressed by this incident and she needs to be bought down a peg or two
Media can definitely drive the narrative in what they quote and how it is framed.
www.abc.net.au
Hawthorn's Luke Hodge caught drink driving
Hawthorn premiership captain Luke Hodge has received a $450 fine and lost 10 demerit points for drink driving after a social function on Thursday night.
www.abc.net.au
Just like 'Kill Bitches', right Fastin?
All the AFL had to do was quietly tell her not to do it again, but instead made a big song and dance about it to the extent where she had to write a grovelling apology.
Apology not required if you knock an opposition player out (hello Tom Stewart), but write something silly on a bandage? Everyone grab their pitchforks and torches, and come see her burn at the stake.
Yeah, the jetski incident was dumb and she'll get her right wack but let's not pretend she has a long list of misdemeanors like the media do with Dusty.
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The legal system I was referring to was litigation, people suing others for their own stuff-ups, not the criminal code which is what you are describing.
The criminal code is generally very clear as to where culpability lies, even if it is not perfect.
