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According to Plato, “he doesn't know what justice is, but he knows what justice is not”.

Words like justice, freedom and dignity, are all abstract in their meanings. It all depends on your knowledge, understanding, and personal circumstances. They can mean many different things to different people. Toots, is not wrong in some respects but is in many others.

To paraphrase Plato, I don't know what dignity is, but I know what dignity is not.

It is not being denied your right to equality before the law, or the presumption of innocence before guilt. The right not to be forced to become a witness against yourself, or should I say, your right to remain silent when faced with a malicious allegation. It is not coming to a decision without first being presented with corroboration or credible evidence and believing what you like. And it is not denying someone their right to a fair hearing through the partiality of the process.

You see Toots. These are all fundamental rights that everyone is supposed to have, even taxi drivers.

So where does a taxi drivers dignity lie when faced with a malicious allegation. Perhaps in spilling his guts before the Cab Inspector in some desperate bid to keep his licence? I know. It must be up before the Council Regulatory Committee begging to councillors when your fundamental rights simply don't exist.

Taxi drivers have no rights and are stripped of whatever little dignity they might have, and it's no accident. The council and the Cab Inspector want to keep their boot on your throat.


As I said before, you can't be deprived of something if you are too ignorant to know what that something is. In that respect Toots, your dignity remains intact, at least at some level, probably with your chums.

Dignity is such a subjective matter to discuss. It depends on so many different variables such as sex, gender, race, upbringing etc etc. Violation of a persons dignity would depend on so many things. I'm not entirely sure if dignity is the appropriate word to be using considering the circumstances mentioned at the beginning of this thread. However I will indulge your request. For the council to violate my dignity they would perhaps have to insist on a dress code that is of an overly sexualised nature or perhaps they insisted that a label advertising an alleged misdemeanor was affixed to my vehicle. Some drivers may find that their dignity is offended by having to drive pink vehicles, I however wouldn't

\with regard to being treated with respect I would expect the council to follow their own procedures in dealing with matters relating to myself, ensuring that I am aware of those procedures and treating all matters in a confidential manner. Respect is a two way street IMO

According to Plato, “he doesn't know what justice is, but he knows what justice is not”.

Words like justice, freedom and dignity, are all abstract in their meanings. It all depends on your knowledge, understanding, and personal circumstances. They can mean many different things to different people. Toots, is not wrong in some respects but is in many others.

To paraphrase Plato, I don't know what dignity is, but I know what dignity is not.

It is not being denied your right to equality before the law, or the presumption of innocence before guilt. The right not to be forced to become a witness against yourself, or should I say, your right to remain silent when faced with a malicious allegation. It is not coming to a decision without first being presented with corroboration or credible evidence and believing what you like. And it is not denying someone their right to a fair hearing through the partiality of the process.

You see Toots. These are all fundamental rights that everyone is supposed to have, even taxi drivers.

So where does a taxi drivers dignity lie when faced with a malicious allegation. Perhaps in spilling his guts before the Cab Inspector in some desperate bid to keep his licence? I know. It must be up before the Council Regulatory Committee begging to councillors when your fundamental rights simply don't exist.

Taxi drivers have no rights and are stripped of whatever little dignity they might have, and it's no accident. The council and the Cab Inspector want to keep their boot on your throat.


As I said before, you can't be deprived of something if you are too ignorant to know what that something is. In that respect Toots, your dignity remains intact, at least at some level, probably with your chums.

You do realise you are attempting to craft an argument in defence of councils denying taxi drivers their fundamental rights? Then you claim to understand what it is to be treated with dignity, and yet can't see the contradiction.

Are you insane?

You waited all day to come up with that tripe in some vain attempt to defend the indefensible.

Toots, this is no longer about rights or dignity, and the way councils treat taxi drivers. This is about you and your low self-esteem. You are back in defence mechanism mode. You really need to sort out your man problem.

You know. You could be taking about a particular subject, and one minute she would be making a valid point then suddenly, it was like everyone in the room was against her. She seemed to go deaf and that was it for the rest of the night.
Very strange.

Toots, I knew someone like you a few years back. And she like you would take up a position on a particular subject and no matter how ridiculous she made herself look, could not be swayed from her opinion. To save her husband's embarrassment, we all learned to let the subject go rather than debating the point any further. It came to light that her father and a boy friend in a previous relationship would constantly humiliate her and put her down in public. I would take a bet her story is not dissimilar at least in some respects to your own.

Incidentally, it was the drink that seemed to set her off.

She was a pain in the fecking ars*.

Garry you have all the dignity of a beached whale. You are trying so hard to sound like an intelligent articulate adult yet you end up just floundering, stuck for a coherent argument to make.

You started out by claiming you would outwit not only the council and Cab Inspector, but the system itself. Sadly you have proved it was yet another thing beyond your capabilities. We still await your first 'victory.'

A person with dignity is by definition worthy of respect from his peers and equally he respects his peers no matter their stance.

Your behaviour towards others shows that you have no dignity to show let alone lose.

By failing to acknowledge a fair procedure where all you had to do was state unequivocally that you refuted an allegation you lost your credibility. That is why no lawyer will touch your 'human rights' case.
The balance of probability is the test of the allegation and your conduct only ever served to make it look more probable.

According to Plato, “he doesn't know what justice is, but he knows what justice is not”.

Words like justice, freedom and dignity, are all abstract in their meanings. It all depends on your knowledge, understanding, and personal circumstances. They can mean many different things to different people. Toots, is not wrong in some respects but is in many others.

To paraphrase Plato, I don't know what dignity is, but I know what dignity is not.

It is not being denied your right to equality before the law, or the presumption of innocence before guilt. The right not to be forced to become a witness against yourself, or should I say, your right to remain silent when faced with a malicious allegation. It is not coming to a decision without first being presented with corroboration or credible evidence and believing what you like. And it is not denying someone their right to a fair hearing through the partiality of the process.

You see Toots. These are all fundamental rights that everyone is supposed to have, even taxi drivers.

So where does a taxi drivers dignity lie when faced with a malicious allegation. Perhaps in spilling his guts before the Cab Inspector in some desperate bid to keep his licence? I know. It must be up before the Council Regulatory Committee begging to councillors when your fundamental rights simply don't exist.

Taxi drivers have no rights and are stripped of whatever little dignity they might have, and it's no accident. The council and the Cab Inspector want to keep their boot on your throat.


As I said before, you can't be deprived of something if you are too ignorant to know what that something is. In that respect Toots, your dignity remains intact, at least at some level, probably with your chums.

So you have met my mother in law...get a grip Skull, it is in understanding this that can set you out as a gentleman of dignity...look for the gems of knowledge to be found therein, learn to dance in the rain when thunder looms above.