[Havisham]

I believe I would have stopped if I had known I'd hit someone but not necessarily if I'd had to make a split-second decision about whether I'd hit a large object, perhaps a dog, and there were numerous cars bearing down on me at 50mph. A similar thing happened to me. I reasoned I'd struck a large dog and kept going. I think the drivers behind me would say I did the right thing. Why speculate? Witnesses will be able to tell investigators if O'Brien attempted to brake after the impact thus indicating he was aware that he'd hit something. Sinkspur, I've appreciated your posts for some time, but lately you've taken an immoderate, even bitter tone. Sorry.

[sinkspur]

Sinkspur, I've appreciated your posts for some time, but lately you've taken an immoderate, even bitter tone.

Bitter tone? Because I've opposed bishops who've covered for pederasts, and even participated in moving them to new, fertile ground?

I have a bitter tone about this because I don't buy that a man of God is unaware that he hit a human being (there was windshield damage, for heaven's sake, and dogs don't cause windshield damage), and I'm curious as to why he had to be tracked down like a common criminal.

You're dreaming up excuses for the guy.

[FITZ]

lately you've taken an immoderate, even bitter tone.

Isn't that sort of the same immoderate tone many of us Americans took with Clinton? Just because he was an American president, what he did as president was out and out immoral and wrong. There was no defending him --- if a foreigner would say "your president is a very immoral man, he lies, commits perjury, rapes and should be removed from office", wouldn't we all have agreed? I know the bishop isn't as bad as Clinton but there is no way he can be defended. He's an insult to the religion.

[xJones]

A similar thing happened to me. I reasoned I'd struck a large dog and kept going.

Did the large dog crack your windshield? When the object hits the windshield, even in the dark, you know what you've hit.