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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: thundley4 on February 13, 2011, 03:29:27 PM
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Police have told residents to stop putting wire mesh on their garden shed windows – because they could be sued if a burglar is injured.
A spate of thefts in several towns and villages in Kent and Surrey over the past few months led to many householders taking action to protect their property.
Some have been warned by police that using wire mesh to reinforce shed windows was ''dangerous’’ and could lead to criminals claiming compensation if they ''hurt themselves’’.
Thieves target sheds to steal lawnmowers, power drills, bicycles and a variety of DIY tools.
Thomas Cooper, of Tatsfield, Surrey, used wire mesh to protect three of his garden sheds after two break-ins over the past four years. He decided to take action after reports of a rise in garden raids in the area.
Mr Cooper said: “I reinforced my shed windows with wire mesh, but was told by the police I had to be very careful because thieves can actually sue you if they get hurt.
Unbelieveable (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/outdoors/8318985/Shed-owners-warned-wire-on-windows-could-hurt-burglars.html)
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I've had my stuff broken into and been robbed so many times in the last year that I'm all for wiring the windows/doors/etc.. to the point that when they touch it it sounds like a bug zapper going off....psssst and a puff of smoke....no more bug-ler...no trash to sweep up or bury.
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So the "love your burglar" nuts are running the roost ...
I thought the Brits threw out the Socialist/Communist/Labor party. Apparently the conservatives are "socialist lite" over there too.
No worries though ... sharia will take over soon enough.
:popcorn:
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The UK is so ****ed. I say leave the wires on the windows to keep burglars out. Folks, this is socialism at work.
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I leave candy at the door for when the burglars leave, it's just a nice thing to do.
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I leave candy at the door for when the burglars leave, it's just a nice thing to do.
what's it laced with? :popcorn:
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I leave candy at the door for when the burglars leave, it's just a nice thing to do.
So this is you?
(http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs864.snc4/71098_32355287420_6649107_n.jpg)
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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHZguyi8XCU[/youtube]
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Crazy!
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The social state at work for your welfare. God/Fates/Whatever protect us from ever sinking so low.
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The social state at work for your welfare. God/Fates/Whatever protect us from ever sinking so low.
What ever happend to good old fashion barbed wire over the windows.?
A big sign "" Property of USA Hells Chapter no. 69."
One of those sign, that denote radio activity danger.
We have in the States had a problem with this for 50 years. Not to just sheds but our homes and property.
New York, a new tenant from another state was waiting for his hand gun registerion to go through and one night he awoke to find a stranger going into his child's bedroom. He shot the creep crawlie and was sued and darn near went to prison for defending his home with an at that time an unregistered weapon.
Some states will lock YOU up if someone who has mental problems breaks into your home and you shoot them.---Like in the middle of the night you are to sit a stranger down that is in your home and talk to them----YAH rightly folks. I am sure there must be a law that says all adults must be able to diagnose mental problems of thieves in the night.
Who can forget the young girl that had been threatened by a gang in NYC and given a switch blade for protection Kittey Geneses ? or some other. Anyway she was raped and beaten by 5-6 gang members but the point of LAW THAT SAID SHE WAS CARRYING AN UNLAWFUL WEAPON AT THE TIME PUT HER AT FAULT.
IN SOME States we were told if a stranger were coming inside a window at night to shoot them and drag them into the house.
Hawaii had some interesting laws in the 1970's we the military depends were warned about the State laws when we first arrived.
If we whose husbands were out to sea awoke and found someone in our bed room or the kids bedroom, if the Prep was armed with only a knife and we shot them, we would be charged with using Excessive force.
Laws change from year to year in all states on what we can do to defend ourselves.
Not to mention in the UK a 80 year old man was arrested for standing on his home steps and waving his cane at a bunch of kids that had harassed his wife coming home from a bus stop. The kids were all under 13 or so and were trying to steal her grocery's.
This old man who was a decorated war hero and lived through the horror of London now was charged with a SEX Crime.
He in high fear for his wife had yelled at the kids that " If you touch my wife, I will stick this cane right up your ass."
This is everywhere, now, the ass-holes have the rights and the victims go to jail. So we in America carry guns, bats canes for protection and have to be ready to be victomised by others and the courts.
Screw it, I would rather go to jail for protecting my family then to visit their grave once a week.
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What ever happend to good old fashion barbed wire over the windows.?
Who can forget the young girl that had been threatened by a gang in NYC and given a switch blade for protection Kittey Geneses ? or some other. Anyway she was raped and beaten by 5-6 gang members but the point of LAW THAT SAID SHE WAS CARRYING AN UNLAWFUL WEAPON AT THE TIME PUT HER AT FAULT.
:mental: and :lmao: this is going to be my new game. Verifying all of vesta's stories :popcorn:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese
it prompted investigation into the social psychological phenomenon that has become known as the bystander effect (or "Genovese syndrome")[6] and especially diffusion of responsibility.
Attack
Genovese had driven home from her job working as a bar manager early in the morning of March 13, 1964. Arriving home at about 3:15 a.m. and parking about 100 feet (30 m) from her apartment's door, which was around the rear of the building, she was approached by Winston Moseley.[2] Moseley ran after her and quickly overtook her, stabbing her twice in the back. Genovese screamed, "Oh my God, he stabbed me! Help me!" Her cry was heard by several neighbors but, on a cold night with the windows closed, only a few of them recognized the sound as a cry for help. When Robert Mozer, one of the neighbors, shouted at the attacker, "Let that girl alone!" Moseley ran away and Genovese slowly made her way toward the rear entrance of her apartment building.[8] She was seriously injured, but now out of view of those few who may have had reason to believe she was in need of help.
Records of the earliest calls to police are unclear and were certainly not given a high priority by the police. One witness said his father called police after the initial attack and reported that a woman was "beat up, but got up and was staggering around."[9]
Other witnesses observed Moseley enter his car and drive away only to return ten minutes later. In his car he changed his hat to a wide-brimmed one to shadow his face. He systematically searched the parking lot, train station, and small apartment complex. Eventually he found Genovese who was lying, barely conscious, in a hallway at the back of the building where a locked doorway had prevented her from entering the building.[10] Out of view of the street and of those who may have heard or seen any sign of the original attack, he proceeded to further attack her, stabbing her several more times. Knife wounds in her hands suggested that she attempted to defend herself from him. While she lay dying, he raped her. He stole about $49 from her and left her in the hallway. The attacks spanned approximately half an hour.
A few minutes after the final attack a witness, Karl Ross, called the police. Police arrived within minutes of Ross' call. Genovese was taken away by ambulance at 4:15 am and died en route to the hospital. Later investigation by police and prosecutors revealed that approximately a dozen (but almost certainly not the 38 cited in the Times article) individuals nearby had heard or observed portions of the attack, though none saw or were aware of the entire incident.[4] Only one witness, Joseph Fink, was aware she was stabbed in the first attack, and only Karl Ross was aware of it in the second attack. Many were entirely unaware that an assault or homicide was in progress; some thought that what they saw or heard was a lovers' quarrel or a drunken brawl or a group of friends leaving the bar when Moseley first approached Genovese.[citation needed]
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:mental: and :lmao: this is going to be my new game. Verifying all of vesta's stories :popcorn:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese
It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it.
Thanks for volunteering.
You can bail out at any time, however. No penalties assessed. O-)
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:mental: and :lmao: this is going to be my new game. Verifying all of vesta's stories :popcorn:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese
Wow, you must REALLY be bored.......
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One thing about Texas that I like is that one can use deadly force on trespassers, criminals and the like if they are on one's property.
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Vesta--thanks once again for holding up Maine's status as, "dumbest state in the nation."
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Wow, you must REALLY be bored.......
Yeh, business is slow :bird:
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Yeh, business is slow :bird:
Is that a threat or a promise?!?!?!?!?
:bolt:
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:mental: and :lmao: this is going to be my new game. Verifying all of vesta's stories :popcorn:
H5 for volunteering. ('Course, giving you a slap on the ass would be fun, too. :tongue: )
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So the "love your burglar" nuts are running the roost ...
I thought the Brits threw out the Socialist/Communist/Labor party. Apparently the conservatives are "socialist lite" over there too.
No worries though ... sharia will take over soon enough.
:popcorn:
Yep, and then thieves won't have to worry about wires on windows, just hands on chopping blocks. :fuelfire:
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This is outrageous! If it ever gets to this point here I would rig something that would KILL the scumbags and bury them in the yard! Now sue me!
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I like the burglar that breaks into a home and see's a woman fire both barrels of a shot gun just before he's dies.
ill kill him him graveyard dead !!!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrmIM4wQSR8[/youtube]