On Feb 14, 4:19 pm, Cynic  wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:00:14 -0800 (PST), "Boedi...@isp.com"
>
>  wrote:
> >> I see.  In that case you would also be perfectly happy if a person
> >> deliberately set up his house to attract children to enter and commit
> >> crimes, and laid in wait for them so that he could rape them as
> >> punishment?
> >That's rubbish and you know it.
> >> After all, rape is less serious than murder.  The criminal children
> >> would deserve all they got, right?
> >More rubbish. How does one "set up their houses to attract children"
>
> Fairly easily.  Nice apple trees on the other side of a climbable
> fence, for exampole.

What!!  Hold on, my garden is full of fruit trees.  I better chop them
down tomorrow in
case some kid decides to steal the fruit.  "Climbable fence"?   Are
you trying to tell
people that they should all have high fences on the chance that some
kid might steal
their apples.  Duh.
>
> >and since when
> >is leaving the light out attract burglars?
>
> It is the combination of giving the appearance that nobody is awake in
> the house along with leaving the doors and windows obviously unlocked.
>
> > Should everyone who goes
> >out in the evening leave
> >their lights on in the hopes that they won't be robbed?
>
> A great many people do exactly that.

Then I'd hate to see their electric bill.

 Along with setting timers to
> produce a noremal pattern of lights when they are away on holiday.
> Not that I am arguing that such things should be *mandatory*.

  Don't give the nanny state any more insane ideas.
>
> >These gypos
> >had robbed him before
> >and they got everything they deserved.
>
> We have no idea whether those particular criminals had robbed him
> before or not.

Yes we do.  The last one was the 3rd or 4th time they had done it.
Don't you read
the newspapers?

 And Tony Martin certainly did not know at the time he
> shot them.

Know what?  That they had done it before?  He did know it and had
reported it to the
police each time.  What he *didn't* know was whether or not they were
armed and didn't wait to find out which was a very wise thing to do.

Good on yer Tony.
>
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> Cynic