There is a difference between an inept dirtbag bike thief hurting themselves severely in the act of riding off with your functional and properly maintained (albeit unsecure) Cannondale, and their meeting a with mishap as a result of deliberate sabotage on the part of the bike owner! The fact that there is a debate shows haw far we have to go to get to the stars. There is the case of a home-owner that was sued by a burglar who attempted to enter the home through a skylight. The frame of the skylight failed and the burglar was paralyzed in the fall. The homeowner was deemed negligent and they won't likely own another home ever again if I know American lawyers like I do. Did the homeowner sabotage the skylight deliberately, or was it simply lack of upkeep? It didn't matter in that case and it wouldn't likely matter whether or not a bike thief met with serious injury on a defective bike due to deliberate intervention or from negligence, the injured party needing to be made whole would be the matter before the court. Heaven help the formerly Middle Class bike owner who sought to go beyond the normal resources of locks and/or vigilance to win the war on property crime. Heaven help them now and heaven help whats left of them after the legal vultures pick them clean of financial assets.

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