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WillowTheWhisp · 09-01-2007, 07:50

We were once in a long queue of traffic waiting to get into Knowsley Safari Park. Most of us were in an orderly queue in the left had lane of traffic moving very slowly. Some people were driving past us in the right hand lane - this lane was for local traffic to get along the road and not be held up by that Safari park queue. BUT some people aiming for the Safari Park were also going down the right hand lane and then at the gates they were trying to push into the queue. This wasn't going down too well with the peole who had wated patiently in the queue, neither was it going down too well with the local traffic now being held up by the second queue which was forming at the gates in the wrong lane. The whole road was getting blocked. Until along came a police man to sort out the mess.

The people trying to push into the queue from the right hand lane demanded their 'right' to be let in and insisted the the policemen should force the cars in the legitimate queue to make gaps so that every other car was from each side - this would have cleard the jam and allowed the local traffic to flow freely again. This would have please the locals and pleased the 'illegals' but the idea would not have been too popular with the people who had patiently queue for longer than these so loudly demanding what they felt was their right.

The policeman didn't take long to reach a decision. The right hand lane, he said, was for traffic going past the Safari Park and so all traffic in that lane must continue on past the Safari Park and down to the roundabout, where they could turn round and come back up the other side and get to the back of the legitmate queue! The illegals were none to chuffed. They ended up further back than they would have been if they'd waited their turn in the first place but we felt that the policeman had acted wisely and justly.

What has this little story got to do with illegal immigrants? In my opinion they should be trated the same way. Why should they think they have any rights when they push in ahead of those doing it the correct and legal way?

09-01-2007, 07:50	#41
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: Serves him right... We were once in a long queue of traffic waiting to get into Knowsley Safari Park. Most of us were in an orderly queue in the left had lane of traffic moving very slowly. Some people were driving past us in the right hand lane - this lane was for local traffic to get along the road and not be held up by that Safari park queue. BUT some people aiming for the Safari Park were also going down the right hand lane and then at the gates they were trying to push into the queue. This wasn't going down too well with the peole who had wated patiently in the queue, neither was it going down too well with the local traffic now being held up by the second queue which was forming at the gates in the wrong lane. The whole road was getting blocked. Until along came a police man to sort out the mess. The people trying to push into the queue from the right hand lane demanded their 'right' to be let in and insisted the the policemen should force the cars in the legitimate queue to make gaps so that every other car was from each side - this would have cleard the jam and allowed the local traffic to flow freely again. This would have please the locals and pleased the 'illegals' but the idea would not have been too popular with the people who had patiently queue for longer than these so loudly demanding what they felt was their right. The policeman didn't take long to reach a decision. The right hand lane, he said, was for traffic going past the Safari Park and so all traffic in that lane must continue on past the Safari Park and down to the roundabout, where they could turn round and come back up the other side and get to the back of the legitmate queue! The illegals were none to chuffed. They ended up further back than they would have been if they'd waited their turn in the first place but we felt that the policeman had acted wisely and justly. What has this little story got to do with illegal immigrants? In my opinion they should be trated the same way. Why should they think they have any rights when they push in ahead of those doing it the correct and legal way? __________________