Post by: Norton on June 10, 2006, 04:45:45 PM
If you recall from:
http://armedpolitesociety.com/viewtopic.php?id=550
and
http://armedpolitesociety.com/viewtopic.php?id=246
we've been pretty unfortunate in our stay here in the new neighborhood.
This week it was my Jeep Liberty, along with around 50 other vehicles, that had its back window destroyed.
I'm off to BassPro tomorrow for one of those wildlife cameras and then to Lowes for those wireless driveway alarms and some additional motion sensor lights.
Why couldn't they have attacked the Accord with 345,000 miles on it instead of my brand new lovely Jeep.
Post by: Northwoods on June 10, 2006, 05:52:29 PM
And my 2001 Ranger hasn't been touched.
I feel for you.
Post by: Azrael256 on June 10, 2006, 06:21:50 PM
Then, I would line up all the offended parties, and each would get a good swat at the offender's backside with a hefty strap. Do this on the lawn of the courthouse. Maybe some good whacks would convince these idiots that vandalism is a bad idea.
Just my opinion.
Post by: K Frame on June 10, 2006, 06:41:20 PM
We came down hard on the owner, and she came down hard on the residents, who protested that their friends certainly couldn't have done it, because they're responsible 20-somthing-adults.
No, I suppose it's a goddamned coincidence that your garbage and recycling contains the EXACT same mix of cups, cans, and bottles, and that many of them were recovered from under the damaged trees?
Since then there have been several more instances of vandalism, all happing, oddly enough, on days when they have friends over. Last time I watched 6 guys go into the house, each with a case of beer. The next morning the one corner mirror had been ripped off the post (the second time) and at least one car keyed.
They're getting the message, though. The police have been paying regular visits to the house, courtesy of the neighbors who have had enough of the noise and trash. I predict it won't be long before I start signing No Trespassing notifications to their friends.
What really ticks me off, though?
After the first incident, several residents came up to me to complain about hearing very loud noise and apparently people fighting in the parking lot around 2:30 a.m.
"Did you call the police?"
"No, I didn't want to get involved."
THEN WHAT IN THE FLYING FICKLE FINGER OF *)$&()*^&)(*&$# FATE DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO ABOUT IT??? PICK UP YOUR GODDAMNED PHONE AND CALL THE POLICE!"
Post by: Perd Hapley on June 10, 2006, 08:27:48 PM
Post by: Strings on June 10, 2006, 10:32:39 PM
And fistful, that was SOOO wrong...
Post by: Norton on June 11, 2006, 01:07:32 AM
I could understand breaking the glass to steal something.....theft makes sense to me. But this was just criminal masturbation, a purely self-gratuitous act.
On a lighter note on the incident: The officer (who was great, BTW) took me out out to the Jeep and we were looking at the window and he suddenly got very serious and said, "Is there anything missing from the vehicle?". I checked out the radio, looked for the wheel lock and my "get home bag" under the seat and said, "No." I don't keep anthing of value in the vehicle so I was sure that was it.
He was very insistent that I check the cargo area and said, "Are you SURE nothing is missing?"
I checked to see why he would be so concerned and saw why. I had left my duffel bag full of targets back there and there were Shoot N See targets strewn all over the place.
Post by: Leatherneck on June 11, 2006, 03:03:18 AM
I know I'm sounding curmudgeonly here, but I think there's a general deterioration of civil mores of late, at least around here.
TC
Post by: brimic on June 11, 2006, 04:14:07 AM
Post by: grislyatoms on June 11, 2006, 05:22:24 AM
Next time they spool up the party go out there and video tape them. I have done this before with excellent results. (I gave a copy of the tape to the cops and the landlord)
They were evicted within 2 weeks.
Post by: Mabs2 on June 11, 2006, 06:49:11 AM
They'll get you straight.
Post by: zahc on June 11, 2006, 06:14:06 PM
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I am of the opinion that wanton destruction of private property should be dealt with swiftly, publicly, and painfully. Prompt restitution should be paid. I don't mean the cash value of your back window, I mean full restitution for both the item and the time spent replacing it. Were it up to me, I would make the offender go so far as to pay for the minutes on your cellphone you had to spend calling the auto glass people to have it fixed.
Then, I would line up all the offended parties, and each would get a good swat at the offender's backside with a hefty strap. Do this on the lawn of the courthouse. Maybe some good whacks would convince these idiots that vandalism is a bad idea.
What vandals really deserve is the three S's.
Then, I would line up all the offended parties, and each would get a good swat at the offender's backside with a hefty strap. Do this on the lawn of the courthouse. Maybe some good whacks would convince these idiots that vandalism is a bad idea.
Post by: Norton on June 12, 2006, 01:23:59 AM
Post by: hoji on June 12, 2006, 02:22:17 AM
Post by: Guest on June 13, 2006, 02:59:54 PM
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I wonder why we're seeing an expansion of low-life criminal activity outside the traditional high-risk neighborhoods recently. After my breakin/burglary two weeks ago, I compared notes with several long-time neighbors. In our neighborhood (thirty-some homes, mostly two-decade plus residents, no through streets, etc.). Collectively, we could only remember one break-in--a hot one--by "friends" of the resident teenaged son. We now experience speeding, littering, and vandalism frequently--all signs of lowered respect for law and good order.
I know I'm sounding curmudgeonly here, but I think there's a general deterioration of civil mores of late, at least around here.
Ive noticed this too. I dont really think that it is a change in "the people" so much as a change in the demographics of suburbia. I moved from the city of Seattle out to a suburb about five years ago. In those five years I have seen petty crime slowly climbing up to, and even surpassing, what used to be normal in the city. Based on speaking with friends and family still in the city it would seem that such crime there has remained fairly constant and even declined a little.I know I'm sounding curmudgeonly here, but I think there's a general deterioration of civil mores of late, at least around here.
There is a certain theory about this. As a city starts off, everyone lives within the city limits so as to be close to work. The wealthier people with cars eventually move out to the suburbs and establish "nice" neighborhoods that are devoid of the cities problems. As a city grows more prosperous and the economy of that place moves more towards commercail white-collar work rather than indusctial work and traffic becomes more difficult to manage, all those rich people want to move back into town. This drives up the housing prices and effectively pushes all the poorer people out to the suburbarn areas that were previously occupied by the wealthier people; bad neighborhoods turn good, and good neighbohoods turn turn bad.
Post by: Oleg Volk on June 14, 2006, 03:50:10 AM
We can harden our homes the way South Africans do. It would be a real pity if that becomes necessary. I wonder if the popular culture will bear out the idea that conservatives are recently mugged/burgled liberals.