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Yes Alex, you are spot on on. Here is the short email I sent to Mr Higgins early this morning when I became aware of his response to me.

James Taylor

04:39 (5 hours ago)

to Terence
Thank you for keeping me informed.

Just to clarify, the posts referred to were quoted on taxi driver online, they were originally posted on the fastblacks forum, which is the source of the complaint.

Regards

jim taylor

What concerns me is that we are supposed to be dealing with people in the council who have an eye for detail. My letter iof complaint to Donald Macleod clearly states from the outset that the posts were made on the Fastblacks forum. I can only assume that this was an inadvertend slip up by Terence Higgins, which we can all do. But it is nevertheless somewhat worrying.

Anyway, I've already set him straight that it is fasties where the source of the problem lies.

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

Maybe locking this petulant thread might add some weight to that sentiment Alex. other than those involved ..who cares?

Er, you should care. Because the scumbag Travis has just dissed your trade.

As if things aren't bad enough, he's just stated publicly that cabbies act improperly with customers, and with a sexual connotation.

You happy that your trade is referred to in this way?

And don't forget, this isn't a local issue. Travis just may have made it harder for cabbies everywhere.

But then, he doesn't care. His ego will be satiated by throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Do you care?

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

BTW Bloodnock, perhaps you should consider that the only way most folks get to find out what is happening in our trade is through the efforts of posters on this forum, guys like Captain cab, telling them.

Without them we would all be completely in the dark.

to them.

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

Surely this should be a confidential matter between you and Travis, On the one hand your reporting him to the powers at be for his venomous remarks against you on another forum, then on the other hand your re-posting those very same remarks and details on here for all to see. If your seeking to take some sort of official action against your nemesis then it would be prudent not to prejudice your actions by resorting to the same type of cyber mud flinging as he already uses.

I'm not sniping, I might disagree with you on certain things but I don't like the way your being accused of such things, but Airing such allegations further may just prove to be counter productive if things were to go further, you can hardly bring an action against that those who have have written defamatory remarks about you in the public domain whilst your placing those very same defamatory remarks in the public domain of your own accord.

The remarks are already in the public domain, on a forum dedicated to the area Jasbar works and lives in. IMHO reposting here will do little further damage, since those that matter will have already seen them.

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But those who previously had not seen them on "Fastblacks Forum" will have been given an additional opportunity to view them on here and because of that they have now been shown to an even wider audience than they would otherwise have had if they had been left in the "Fastblack Forum" alone.

Who in the Edinburgh trade reads here and doesn't read fasties?

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The salient point is that they are in the public domain. Travis put it there.

My part in this is to report my formal complaint to the council.

In any case it matters not that the allegations have been reposted. I did so while refuting them comprehensively. What matters is that the complaint has been made that this taxi driver Travis Bickle has acted in a way which demonstrates that he is not fit and proper to hold a taxi licence. that is the complaint for now.

As for george IV/Swannee the same holds true. The views he's expoused over this, and the way he has stated his opinion about the girls who were raped because they couldn't get the taxi they needed, suggests that he too is not fit and proper to hold a taxi licence.

In pursuing the protection of their own vested interests, they have simply overstepped the mark.

It's one thing to make claims about another. I have done so openly and it is up to those individuals to seek any redress they wish. None have. Nor would it be cost effective or sensible to do so.

But it is quite another thing to snipe your bile at another without your true identity attached. This is the relatively new offence of trolling. And it is incumbent on the authorities to identify these individuals and assess their suitability to hold a taxi licence. As the complainer I have the right to attend these hearings. And while the council may want to hold these meetings in camera, I will report what happens in the interests of all.

And once that has happened, then all bets are off.

Wanna bet the authorities are trying as we speak to work out how they're gonna get out of this one?

as with Officer Dibble, the authorities are only about doing what works in their interests. Exposing the truth to justice is not part of their remit.

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

Jasbar, you write

"As for george IV/Swannee the same holds true. The views he's expoused over this, and the way he has stated his opinion about the girls who were raped because they couldn't get the taxi they needed, suggests that he too is not fit and proper to hold a taxi licence."

Obviously, I can't speak for "george iv" but I would most certainly appreciate ANY link you can find to my "opinion about the girls etc..." where I am the one trying to belittle such action.

You are the one misquoting what was said in court and elsewhere - and all for what? To further your personal ambitions.

No matter how often anything is explained to you, unless it meets your beliefs, it is summarily dismissed. I doubt if you would know the truth if it jumped up and bit your ass (which it surely should).

All your nonsense is about one thing and one thing only. Diverting attention from the fact that you wrote a book about lesbian love, self-published it on kindle and was stupid enough to brag about it here. A taxi forum where all are welcome to hold personal views even though every single one of us is insulted daily by you and your special friend who presume to be such superior beings. So superior in fact that you lie, cheat and refuse to answer simple questions which would show you up for what you are.

If the taxi trade is nothing more to you than the ignorant sheeple then why not feck off somewhere and try to impress some other superior beings. Or do they just laugh at you too?

The book is about equality and the lack of it in our supposedly best small country in the world.

And you're not qualified to talk about the book, because you haven't read it. If you had there are sections in it that a thick self vested interest pratt like you would jump on.

I love the taxi trade, and I enjoy meeting the real people who use it. I deplore those in it like you whose head is so far up your own backside with greed that you make Croesus seem like a philanthropist.

And I'll be involved in it long enough to bring about de-restriction. Bet on it. That will be my gift to Edinburgh's hard pressed travelling public.

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

Terence Higgins Terence.Higgins@edinburgh.gov.uk

24 Aug (10 days ago)

to me
Dear Mr Taylor,

I refer to your email dated 21 August 2012 and my subsequent reply. The investigation of a criminal offence falls within the remit of Lothian & Borders Police and, if you consider that you are a victim in terms of a contravention of the Telecommunications Act 2003, you should report this at a police station. If, following a police investigation, anyone who holds a licence is be charged or convicted of such an offence the Cab Inspector would then review that licence and take such action as is appropriate.

I hope this is of some assistance to you.

Yours sincerely

Terry Higgins
Senior Legal Support Officer

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

Looks like the buck's been passed.....

Are you going to make a complaint to L&B police?

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Well, it looks like George IV on fasties is laying the groundwork for a full police investigation. I'm at a loss as to why I've now had a mention, but there you go. It will be interesting to see how the police handle the complaint.


http://www.thetaxiforum.com/index.php/topic,1846.0.html

I get the feeling Travis and George IV don't want to drive taxis anymore.

Do you think George and Travis resent the fact that Jim and I, predicted the demise of their Big Business illusion, and now it's our fault?

Now that George has me thinking, all these accusations seem to have emanated from Jim writing his book. And I don't think they've even read it.