penguin Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 6 yes SIX cars got broken into this weekend on my street, and somebody dumped and set another on fire good thing i've had the sup parked up in a locked garage a few miles away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Perhaps nobosy can be arsed to report the petty ones now as they are so common? Or is that a cynical viewpoint? R No - it's true. How many times have you heard (or had the experience) of someone going to the police about a so called 'minor' crime and been told "Oh well, we'll take the details, but don't expect anything..." No wonder people just let the minor crimes go unreported, there's no confidence anything will be done about them. Even if the criminal is caught, they've only got to skip the Court, or worse case (for them) turn up, and get 4 hours community service and a day trip, or other reward. I feel we've really dug ourselves into a hole with this 'softly, softly' approach. People have taken liberties and minor crime has almost become acceptable, and more serious crime has become more frequent. Call me pessimistic, but could any of the political parties turn this round? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 I never bothered reporting my break in, I could just imagine them looking the car over and find something illegal to "do" me with. Maybe I did the wrong thing and they would have been really, really helpful..... who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 You should report all crimes. If you don't then the crime figures look better than they actually are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attilauk Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 The kids are responsible for a huge amount of the trouble. You see them on crime fighter type programs, they know the police are almost powerless and for some of them its all just a big joke! The courts systems are completely out of date but at least that problem was recognised my the government lately. Totally agree, my brother is a Rozzer and a couple of months ago he was hit round the chest by a 15 year old kid with a golf club! luckily he was wearing his stab / balistic vest and all he got was a little bruising but the courts let the little sh1t off with a warning, my bro was absoloutely livid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregsupra4 Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Oh Boy does this make my blood boil. Ok I am not going to go off on one, but when I was a lad ( and that was a while ago ) we used to fear the local bobby who was walking his beat where we lived in Tottenham north london , not because of what he would do to you but that if he caught you up to no good he would tell your Dad. Now my Dad was and still is the best father on this planet and never can I remember anytime when I would get the slipper across my arse unless I had been up to no good. This used to be true for all of us and I can even remember once we broke the fence of an old women in our street who complained to a mates father who was in and he called us all into his house and wacked us all, I was so mad I told my Dad and he went round there and I thought great now he will wack my mates dad, nope when he came back he wacked me again and said that only one was not good enough and If I got out of order again then all the dads in the street could wack me. My point is this: Kids will always try and push the limits it's how you learn but today with the bleeding heart liberals the kids do not have anyone to mark the line in the sand. All in all it really is not the kids fault, the blame lies squarely with the goverment and the parents, if they were to allow parents and teachers to enforce what is right and wrong without beating the life out of them just the 6 across the arse with the cane or the odd wack across the back of the legs with the slipper maybe my kids will grow up into a better world. Nuff Said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted October 3, 2005 Author Share Posted October 3, 2005 Greg.... AMEN TO THAT..... Can't agree more... I had corporal punishment at school, and I'm not that old...well approaching 30 quickly...but how quickly things have changed.. Kids in america divorcing their parents and stuff....come on, you step out of line you get a belt...shit happens, get over it and learn..(or learn not to get caught *grin*) But sadly kids these days can sit on the fence scaring the hell out of an old lady without any problems... A few months back I was sat at my computer table and I saw some kids bend down near my car, so I gave it a few seconds, and then went outside and scared the hell out of them...the response...'You can't do anything to me I wasn't doing anything'...bear in mind in his hand he had a set of dust caps OFF my car... So I calmly walked over and whispered in his ear 'I'm going back inside and I suggest you put them back on the car, or else I will cut your bike in half and then you can keep the dust caps and I'll keep your bike'.... He looked at me, and then something clicked in his brain that perhaps I was serious... Quickly apologised and put them back on the car and even offered me a set of chrome ones he had nicked off someone else's car.... I think the response may have had something to do with the fact that I was actually holding an angle grinder in my hand and a little bit of a crazed look on my face... Since then, I've seen the kid and he always has manners to me and the other half, and in fact comes over some weekends when I'm cleaning the car, and I let him use the bucket and sponge on his bike and help him fix it..... He is just grateful that someone actually just has some time for him and is happy to encourage him.. in fact he is in the process of building a bike for himself. Sadly, I reckon he is an exception these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 only a ploy hes after your alloys .lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 deinately on the up - really nice MR2 by my mate's place has been totalled! Roof is caved in from people jumpin on it, all windows smashes, spoiler and bodykit ripped off. Gutted, was one of the nice MR2s i've seen Was something in the paper about car crime recently, 6/10 people don't report smashed windows or keyed cars because they assume (rightly) that the police won't do much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_supra Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Crime is definitely on the up. Where does it stop? How can it be stopped? I think we have come too far to go back! these kids as greg says, definitely do not fear the police or the wrath of the courts I think the police are in most cases powerless to do anything, and in quite a few cases, beleive they won't do anything because of all the paperwork it creates! (not a dig at the police in general, more a dig at the paper chasers in charge who demand a massive paper trail) Regarding disciplining of kids, my old man firmly beleived in smacking when i was growing up, (i'm only 22 so not that long ago) and i was smacked for being bad a shedload of times! (never did any serious stuff, stealing sweets when i was little, very petty stuff like that) but contrary to what the do-gooders say will happen if you smack a kid, i think i have turned out fine. and will not hesitate giving any kids i might have (long way off mind! ) a clip round the ear when needed. one point for everyone to ponder on, some of these kids are gonna be parents soon, that's if they're not already, and just think how their little'uns are gonna be brought up! very scary thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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