Crime & Punishment

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  1. GA Anderson profile image85
    GA Andersonposted 2 years ago

    Just for giggles. This one brought tears of laughter. I know, I'm a bad neanderthal.

    Stealing a bicycle:
    https://hubstatic.com/16438740.jpg

    A thought . . . could this be a Disney/DeSantis meme . . . with Disney as the bicycle?

    GA

    1. tsmog profile image76
      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.

      1. GA Anderson profile image85
        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

    2. Nathanville profile image86
      Nathanvilleposted 2 years agoin reply to this

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

      1. tsmog profile image76
        tsmogposted 2 years agoin reply to this

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

        1. GA Anderson profile image85
          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

          1. tsmog profile image76
            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."
            "

            1. GA Anderson profile image85
              GA Andersonposted 2 years agoin reply to this

              Sounds right to me.

              GA

          2. Sharlee01 profile image83
            Sharlee01posted 2 years agoin reply to this

            Right On!

        2. Sharlee01 profile image83
          Sharlee01posted 2 years agoin reply to this

          You know --- I thought the same thing.

        3. Nathanville profile image86
          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.

      2. GA Anderson profile image85
        GA Andersonposted 2 years agoin reply to this

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

        GA

        1. Nathanville profile image86
          Nathanvilleposted 2 years agoin reply to this

          I don’t know?  Do you have hell’s grannies in America? smile

          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

          1. tsmog profile image76
            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.

            1. Nathanville profile image86
              Nathanvilleposted 2 years agoin reply to this

              Wow - Perhaps grannies with attitude is an international thing?

      3. Sharlee01 profile image83
        Sharlee01posted 2 years agoin reply to this

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

        1. Nathanville profile image86
          Nathanvilleposted 2 years agoin reply to this

          Yep, most definitely smile

    3. Sharlee01 profile image83
      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.

  2. Valeant profile image76
    Valeantposted 2 years ago

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

    1. GA Anderson profile image85
      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

      1. Valeant profile image76
        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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