Bike Theft and Street Justice
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We all have a few truely reprehensible instincts.
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Some people are like a Slinky ... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.
Some people are like a Slinky ... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.
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I dunno... i shot the last guy who tried to steal my car. Granted I was still in it at the time.
If it was my livelihood, ive got babies... **** that guy.
If it was my livelihood, ive got babies... **** that guy.
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Very noble. In the neighborhood I live in, taking the higher road will get you labeled a chump. You will be the perpetual target. Sometimes, you have to show your evil side.
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Violence breeds violence. People with tough guy syndrome are often as bad as criminals and often meet a "humbling" experience. Get tough with a bike thief and you might find they can be every bit as organized as any gang. That video could just have easily been one vigilante cyclist victim who decided to rough up the thief and then got jumped by the thief's lookout partners. Unless threatened with immediate bodily harm it is beyond stupid to take a simple problem/crime to physical altercation these days.
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"we" as a society are evolving into wusses. i'm not saying violence is the only answer, but it's definitely tool that needs to be used every now and again.
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Of course, that's if we don't all get nuked, first!
Folks! There's just got to be another way!
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The consensus when this video popped up 2 years ago was that it was either staged, or everyone involved was too inept for belief. The 'thief' wasn't apparently hurt, and the aggressive vigilante couldn't land a solid blow to save his life. How many swipes did he take, and there's no blood? Amazing.
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I blame the lawyers and justice system ,more then the criminals. I believe in old fashioned justice. If I was the Ruler of this world the first thing I would do is get rid of the "lawyer proffession", because it's useless and all it does is protect criminals and lets them off the hook, back into society.. where they continue to take advantage of the corrupt justice system.
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The consensus when this video popped up 2 years ago was that it was either staged, or everyone involved was too inept for belief. The 'thief' wasn't apparently hurt, and the aggressive vigilante couldn't land a solid blow to save his life. How many swipes did he take, and there's no blood? Amazing.
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You know...at the end of the day, I guess we're just the animals we were created to be. World wars, violence, and bloodshed will continue to characterize us as the weak and fearful mammals that we are. It's out of our fear that we make weapons! It's also out of our fear that we run when unarmed, in the face of ferosity.
It's our own fear that will defeat us in the end, not some ghost from hither, or some alien from another part of the universe. We will prove more than adequately efficient at devastating ourselves, permanently. Afterall, it's in our DNA! We'll just pass this defective gene along, until one day...doomsday!
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It's our own fear that will defeat us in the end, not some ghost from hither, or some alien from another part of the universe. We will prove more than adequately efficient at devastating ourselves, permanently. Afterall, it's in our DNA! We'll just pass this defective gene along, until one day...doomsday!
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Actually, I think these dudes attacking this thief were fairly lenient. They could have really hurt him badly. They were not wimpy attackers. More like ultimate fighters behind a grated fence. He's lucky to have gotten away, virtually unscathed.
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we're not talking about starting a bar fight because someone looked at you wrong, we're talking about catching a thief trying to take your property. there's a difference between having "tough guy syndrome" and having a pair of balls between your legs. the "problem" these days is said best by george carlin, "the pussification of the american male".
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I'm not saying you're not taking a risk in taking justice into your own hands, just offering a counterpoint to people who are saying violence is always wrong.
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slim, with all due respect, sometimes I just don't know wtf you are talking about...and not just in this thread.
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Don't worry about it, my friend!
You can no more understand the insane, than you can understand yourself...
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we're not talking about starting a bar fight because someone looked at you wrong, we're talking about catching a thief trying to take your property. there's a difference between having "tough guy syndrome" and having a pair of balls between your legs. the "problem" these days is said best by george carlin, "the pussification of the american male".
Oh, and careful taking your life lesson cues from a comedian no matter how funny he may be...
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Humility, meekness, kindness are not the highest human virtues. They're just other words for weakness. I'm not a hardass but if I caught someone trying to steal my bike, I'd be so angered, I might be moved to take vengeance. Nietzche believed that in the evolution of humanity, the old virtues of Christianity were replaced with a new morality, the will to war, the will to power, to overpower. Strength over weakness is the new arbiter of what is just. That's what Nietzsche thought, at least. Feel free to correct me anyone. I've been reading Will Durant's the Story of Philosophy and that's as much as I understood of Nietzsche.
I'm not saying you're not taking a risk in taking justice into your own hands, just offering a counterpoint to people who are saying violence is always wrong.
I'm not saying you're not taking a risk in taking justice into your own hands, just offering a counterpoint to people who are saying violence is always wrong.
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You know...at the end of the day, I guess we're just the animals we were created to be. World wars, violence, and bloodshed will continue to characterize us as the weak and fearful mammals that we are. It's out of our fear that we make weapons! It's also out of our fear that we run when unarmed, in the face of ferosity.
It's our own fear that will defeat us in the end, not some ghost from hither, or some alien from another part of the universe. We will prove more than adequately efficient at devastating ourselves, permanently. Afterall, it's in our DNA! We'll just pass this defective gene along, until one day...doomsday!
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It's our own fear that will defeat us in the end, not some ghost from hither, or some alien from another part of the universe. We will prove more than adequately efficient at devastating ourselves, permanently. Afterall, it's in our DNA! We'll just pass this defective gene along, until one day...doomsday!
- Slim
Balls are far less important than brains. Ask any woman. Men are usually the only ones to make that mistake due to some perceived masculinity conflict/question. It is without a doubt tough guy syndrome to jump a bike thief who is not actually attacking you. Anyone with a critical brain who has spent considerable time around real violence and its consequences knows how foolish it is to escalate a non-violent crime to violence when there are a myriad of better, more effective ways of dealing with the problem. "Tough guys" simply convince themselves that it is "necessary" to do so for whatever their personal justification. More often than not they fall back on the "balls" and "wussy" arguments as self-justifications and to boost their own egos (no I'm not trying to bad mouth you....). Fact of the matter is using your brain and "ending " the criminal w/o violence is WAY SMARTER than risking personal death or prison. Save your moments of physical affirmation for when they are truly warranted like stepping up for someone who is getting attacked.....
Oh, and careful taking your life lesson cues from a comedian no matter how funny he may be...
Oh, and careful taking your life lesson cues from a comedian no matter how funny he may be...
i'll simplify my outlook on the situation: violence isn't the only answer, but sometimes a person deserves an ass kicking.
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Theft of property can and should be a capitol crime.
Most of us have heard the phrase "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". What many are unaware of is that Jefferson plagiarized the concept from John Locke (whose ideas served as the philosophical underpinnings of our society) who coined the original phrase "Life, liberty, and property".
When dealing with the anti-social (of which all criminals are but one example) there are two possibilities capitulation or violence. That violence can be vigilante or governmental--never the less it is violence.
Most of us have heard the phrase "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". What many are unaware of is that Jefferson plagiarized the concept from John Locke (whose ideas served as the philosophical underpinnings of our society) who coined the original phrase "Life, liberty, and property".
When dealing with the anti-social (of which all criminals are but one example) there are two possibilities capitulation or violence. That violence can be vigilante or governmental--never the less it is violence.
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Theft of property can and should be a capitol crime.
Most of us have heard the phrase "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". What many are unaware of is that Jefferson plagiarized the concept from John Locke (whose ideas served as the philosophical underpinnings of our society) who coined the original phrase "Life, liberty, and property".
When dealing with the anti-social (of which all criminals are but one example) there are two possibilities capitulation or violence. That violence can be vigilante or governmental--never the less it is violence.
Most of us have heard the phrase "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". What many are unaware of is that Jefferson plagiarized the concept from John Locke (whose ideas served as the philosophical underpinnings of our society) who coined the original phrase "Life, liberty, and property".
When dealing with the anti-social (of which all criminals are but one example) there are two possibilities capitulation or violence. That violence can be vigilante or governmental--never the less it is violence.
Violence does not really solve any type of a non-violent crime. Of course, you could go round up all of the bike thieves within a fifty-mile radius and have them all summarily shot in the head. However, should you stop there?
Why not kill car thieves? ...Why not kill all forgers, burglars, and drug dealers?...Why not kill all convicted felons?
Be careful, there may be some white-collar felons in there too...You know how much we hate to convict and punish white-collar criminals! Should they be rounded up and killed too?
I say, if these thieves are on drugs, then let's see to it that as part of their sentencing, they are committed to some drug rehab facility. If they are non-violent repeated offenders, then let's provide a honorable trade, by which they may return to society so that they can support themselves and their families.
If they are repeated violent offenders, then let's make certain that they are released with a skill, given appropriate counseling, and kept under strict scrutiny for two years. However, after three strikes, you're out!
Personally, I beileve, that most older bike thieves are drug addicts. Drug addiction is a disease that can be cured by many other means than death or violence...
- Slim