Crime & Punishment

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   GA Andersonposted 2 years ago

   Just for giggles. This one brought tears of laughter. I know, I'm a bad neanderthal.
   
   Stealing a bicycle:
   
   
   A thought . . . could this be a Disney/DeSantis meme . . . with Disney as the bicycle?
   
   GA

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      tsmogposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      ha, ha, ha . . . worth a good giggle with my morning coffee. It brings many thoughts to mind. I missed other than the seat what the cause was. Did it collapse leaving the post to do its damage?
      
      I don't have enough familiarity with the Disney/DeSantis controversy to offer a view. Again, thanks for the morning giggle to get my day started. It sure beats the rain pounding outside my window now.

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         GA Andersonposted 2 years agoin reply to this

         I couldn't tell what was causing the pain but it was most likely the seat post or something sharp under the seat. I'm laughing again just thinking about it. It's probably a 'guy' thing.
         
         GA

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      Nathanvilleposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      My favourite is where a Granny Attacks Thieves with Handbag in England: https://youtu.be/ySBxMMidbEg

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         tsmogposted 2 years agoin reply to this

         That was pretty good and humorous as well. Does that speak to generational values?

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            GA Andersonposted 2 years agoin reply to this

            I think it does. Look again and note the generation that stands around and doesn't help—until Granny sent them running away.
            
            *The devil on my shoulder says to hang around and watch the enlightened generations tell me how wrong I am.
            
            GA

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               tsmogposted 2 years agoin reply to this

               I agree to a large extent!! I was thinking of posting an OP about values. I read an article from the John Locke Foundation of North Carolina emailed to me about fading American Values.
               
               It referenced a Wall Street Journal with a survey done by the Wall Street Journal and NORC. It is hidden by a paywall, yet if you do have an online subscription it can be read. But, though I didn't have a subscription yesterday I was able to read it. So, maybe it was a first-time thing I encountered.
               
               America Pulls Back From Values That Once Defined It, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds (Mar 27, 2023)
               
               https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans- … s-df8534cd
               
               Next, the first paragraph from it. "Patriotism, religious faith, having children and other priorities that helped define the national character for generations are receding in importance to Americans, a new Wall Street-NORC poll finds."
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                  GA Andersonposted 2 years agoin reply to this

                  Sounds right to me.
                  
                  GA

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               Sharlee01posted 2 years agoin reply to this

               Right On!

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            Sharlee01posted 2 years agoin reply to this

            You know --- I thought the same thing.

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            Nathanvilleposted 2 years agoin reply to this

            I don’t know if it “speaks to generational values”, but it certainly highlights an aspect of British values e.g. criminals don’t have guns in Britain, so they have to resort to things like hammers and knives; which is no match for an angry granny with a handbag.

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         GA Andersonposted 2 years agoin reply to this

         I've seen that one. It is good. Granny must be an American expat.
         
         GA

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            Nathanvilleposted 2 years agoin reply to this

            I don’t know?  Do you have hell’s grannies in America?
            
            Grannies wielding handbags, and young thugs (or anyone) being no match for a granny with a handbag has been part of British humour for a long time (decades); so I guess this incident isn’t unique in Britain – I have heard of other similar circumstances e.g. grannies protecting themselves with handbags in Britain, but this is the only incident I’ve seen captured on camera!
            
            Hell's Grannies:  https://youtu.be/9_OIs49m56E

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               tsmogposted 2 years agoin reply to this

               I have heard tell from a neighbor that she has a sock full of rolled nickels in her purse, just in case is needed.

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                  Nathanvilleposted 2 years agoin reply to this

                  Wow - Perhaps grannies with attitude is an international thing?

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         Sharlee01posted 2 years agoin reply to this

         This woman is just --- some kind of wonderful...

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            Nathanvilleposted 2 years agoin reply to this

            Yep, most definitely

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      Sharlee01posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      I found it gratifying to see how the perpetrators all seemed to be left with an amusing way of walking, which I think they might be left with for a very long healing period.

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   Valeantposted 2 years ago

   In today's woke society, some thief probably sued and won money for pain and suffering.

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      GA Andersonposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Oh hell, there's a thought. Look where it might go:
      
      The pain in each instance appeared intense. A male first-response might think of a kick-in-the-balls, but, the 'walk'  (can't stop laughing at the mental image being described) with the clinched butt and tender-stepping, says it must have been a stronger jab than just sitting on a seat post (all the guys didn't sit down as hard as the first big guy did), so maybe the seat was rigged with a soring-loaded 'seat post poker'? Maybe even a pointed seat post?
      
      That would be premeditated malice, surely that's a crime even a thief deserves protection from?
      
      Yeah, that's the ticket. . . .
      
      GA

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         Valeantposted 2 years agoin reply to this

         Plus, the bike was left on the public street, not on private property.  There are all kinds of liability issues.

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