I'm glad the thief got a hiding, he derserved it if he's breaking into cars.
Just remember when in view of the public always palm strike the little bastard.
If there is witnesses they never saw a punch, and palm strikes can inflict more pain without splitting your knuckles on some loser.

I have been thinking about this post for a bit, and obviously once we start talking politics/law it gets too involved as no one wants all out anarchy but..

Put yourselves in the thieves shoes. All you have to do is swing past your local high school to get an example, teacher has no control over the kids because there are no consequences for playing up in class(detention:teachers time is worth more than the kids so it doesn't happen, suspension:kid gets a free holiday) usually the kids cause a riot just for **** and giggles. Whereas I'm sure someone on here can vouch for the stories of the cane back in the day etc. where no **** went down because of the consequences.

Risk vs. reward for the turds that are stealing the gear. Risk: they get a slap on the wrist at court(from what I am told). Reward:free cash for doing nothing. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me. Now if we happen to change it around so that every $100 worth of gear they steal they get a broken bone, well the deal doesnt sounds so good now does it?

Interesting post
Matt

With the current economic climate,and the current social attitudes,I think its safe to say that things could get worse.

If you don't want to get robbed,its best not to leave valuables in a vulnerable position i.e. a car parked in a secluded area,maybe near an area housing those on a low income or welfare supported.
Theft is being made more and more tempting because of the value of goods left "locked" in cars. The reality of the "lock" is that it is easily breached by a rock!
Some of the hauls I hear of are outstanding,

Not uncommon:

Laptop computer $500-2000

Camera $100 - 2000

Mobile phone $100 - 1000

MP3 player $100--500

Wallet $ 5 -- ??????

Credit cards $30 - $????

Kite $200 -2000

Board $200-1100

Plus other small things.

My car was robbed twice,and the thing I always remember was a pair of expensive sunglasses which were a gift with sentimental value.

I have a system now whereby anything I cannot bear to have stolen is relatively safe. Its not hard,remember you only have to protect yourself from "honest" thieves,
the quick opportunist,you wont stop the "pro" that takes your whole f ukn car !

Anyone desperate enough to rob cars is most likely not afraid of a beating. They probably got one every day of their life!

Where I come from,you would most likely find that they have a knife,when you wear it !

sandgroper said...
I think a Lee Kuan Yew style Police State - where the cops have almost military authority to deal out justice on the spot - has merit.

I've had two locked up push bikes stolen in Singapore so don't believe the hype.

In the USA you can be detained/locked up with no questions asked , no legal representation for as long as they want!!

take some of our rights back you think - kook

Australia dont become America

kyle

user said...

With the current economic climate,and the current social attitudes,I think its safe to say that things could get worse.

If you don't want to get robbed,its best not to leave valuables in a vulnerable position i.e. a car parked in a secluded area,maybe near an area housing those on a low income or welfare supported.
Theft is being made more and more tempting because of the value of goods left "locked" in cars. The reality of the "lock" is that it is easily breached by a rock!
Some of the hauls I hear of are outstanding,

Not uncommon:

Laptop computer $500-2000

Camera $100 - 2000

Mobile phone $100 - 1000

MP3 player $100--500

Wallet $ 5 -- ??????

Credit cards $30 - $????

Kite $200 -2000

Board $200-1100

Plus other small things.

My car was robbed twice,and the thing I always remember was a pair of expensive sunglasses which were a gift with sentimental value.

I have a system now whereby anything I cannot bear to have stolen is relatively safe. Its not hard,remember you only have to protect yourself from "honest" thieves,
the quick opportunist,you wont stop the "pro" that takes your whole f ukn car !

Anyone desperate enough to rob cars is most likely not afraid of a beating. They probably got one every day of their life!

Where I come from,you would most likely find that they have a knife,when you wear it !

Nah, recently a couple of young guys got done in Perth recently. All they were getting was:

mobile phone $20
Laptop $50 - $100

Crazy....

The fella they were on selling it to got done as well. I'm not sure about the what happened to them but eventually it is 'juvey' and that's when the real trouble starts. I know what some of the replies to this will be... but at the end of the day a lot of young fellas don't get the start in life that we got.

SORRY RANGA!!!

jumpindave said...

SORRY RANGA!!!

hahahaha

puck u miss. sorry ranga day is ova


ps yeah slave, I actually ignored the thread for a day or so hoping the tide would turn. reading your post made me post instead of just being grossed out be all the anger.

Wow.. user actually said something that people can ACTUALLY agree with. well done user.


and as to vishys post i can agree and actually relate. When living in SA i did my first 3 yrs of school there where the cane and wooden ruler was still in use, i remember how quiet and hard working each class was, it might only have been year 1 - 3 but still i can remember the difference between that and my first day at school in NZ, it was JOY i could talk and do as i please because everyone else was doing the same, i got used to the fact that i can do stuff and never get in as much trouble as i did in SA so i pissed around alot and look at me now, im in yr12 struggling my arse off because im soo lazy and unmotivated to do work, i dont have good study habits and up to now i have really just bin skimming through school on natural ability. Teachers, ESPECIALLY at public schools have absolute zero control over students, Shyt ive been away almost 6 days in the last two weeks going to doctors etc and they havnt even noticed, i talk as much as i want the worst i get out of it is a be quiet please or a move to the front. once i got made to sit in front of the princciples office.. on the grass outside during lunch for truenting english. its pathetic.. same with little peti theives they get away with everything and get nothing but a slap on the wrists.

i am still at school, during winter i did very little work to earn money as i was actually doing a little bit of school work for once in my life, my car got broken into at Mullaloo a week before exams and the only thing stolen was the backpack on the seat which ironically was my school bag with all my exam prep calculators etc, i had a $200 cash in the glove box from being paid for work, my phone, glasses, kite in the back etc all sitting there but luckily none of that was taken. i actually wished they stole my kites instead of school stuff as i could of insurance claimed it but a couple of days before exams and all ya **** goes missing is a heavy hit to take and i will still kick the sh!t out of the lil basterds if i ever see them breaking into another car, im not very pro violence either dont get me wrong, ive seen enough in nz to be put off it and rather keep my hands clean but there are times where i must say it will solve the problem, we caught a basterd breaking into my m8s commodore a couple years ago and he got what was coming to him[}:)] ...


point being if ur gona Fk with other peoples sh!t u gota be prepared for the consequences. dont fk with my sh!t dont get hurt. simple.

Interesting thread. My 5 cents worth:

"Violence brings bad karma and more violence"

"Violence isn't a solution"

These aren't idle words. They haven't been bandied around for a few thousand years for nothing. Think about it.......

Revenge is no doubt our first response to being wronged.

But is it the right response?

The situation in the Middle east is a classic example of people taking revenge as the first option. A couple of thousand years and where has it got them? They are still killing each other and the hatred runs so deep that they will probably be killing each other for a few thousand more.

Once the violence goes on long enough, no-one even knows who was "right" and who was "wrong" in the first place.

The Balkans.

Sudan.

Rwanda.

Don't exactly know what the solution is - but violence toward kite thieves isn't it......

I know who is right and who is wrong. The scummy thief that steals peoples stuff that they worked hard for is WRONG and the average person has every RIGHT to go about their lives without being violated. And it`s not right just to be told "Hard luck". Or maybe the theif had a hard up bringing, that does not make it right.
Petty crime should be delt with more harshly, if they get away with it then they try more bigger and bolder crimes.

"An eye for an eye, makes the whole world blind"
Mahatma Ghandi
No truer words spoken by one man who lead an entire nation advocating none violence against greater prejudices and injustice then mere petty theft.
So long as we continue to justify violence as a means of achieving justice, we will continue to be blinded from the natural processes of ‘cause and effect’.
What goes around, does indeed, come around.

mattyjee said...

I've had my house broken into once before while i was home.
The next few sleepless nights allowed my imagination and creativity to run free.

If i ever catch someone in my house again (at night), this is what i'm gonna do:
Tie him up (well).
Drag him to the back of my ute and throw him on (all this with a poker face and no words spoken). maybe a punch or two for compliance.
Throw on a jerry can full of petrol.
Throw on an axe.
Throw on a shovel.
Drive him out towards the hills somewhere, and then go off road a little bit so that he can see the trees and knows he is in the middle of nowhere.
By this stage he should have crapped himself so hard that he's becoming inside-out, so i would just dump him off the back, loosen his ropes and drive myself home.

LOVE it matty!!!!!!!
D

Wasn't the original post about a surfer beating up on somebody in the carpark?

what's new about that?

Lucky the Thief didn't drop in on him, Now that would be a real beating.

I can now see why Pauline Hanson got so many votes in her short, overtly newsworthy, political career. But she still wasn't right-wing enough to compete with the Liberals of the time.

Then again, given my short height to weight ratio, I probably would have taken a wheel brace to the original offender mentioned in the original post... although, in the interest of humainity, I'd have aimed low about the kneecaps and shins (don't they hurt like the mothafugga when hit hard and sharp?). Or I'd have bit him with me big sharp gnashing teeth!