Cool off Nige. I know this will be small recompense, but here in South
> Africa, we tend to regard ourselves as temporary custodians of motors, TV's,
> general household appliances etc, and actually regard it as a good thing if
> you are not killed when your vehicle is "affirmatively shopped/hijacked."
But you do have the option to shoot back; my friends wife did just that and the police response was " are you OK" "good off you go then"; now thats what I call using common sense.
> We have adopted all the worst daft liberal polices your lefties have come up
> with and taken them to new extremes, and then combined that with a police
> force that couldn't give a toss. We probably see a less response from the
> plods applied to a murder than you will get to your bike.
>
> In the immortal words of Faulty Towers, "Cheer up mr Faulty, there's always
> someone worse off than yurself."
Maybe, but the satisfaction of the level of response can make up for it to some extent. I dont advocate outright social breakdown; however a response to fit the crime is what is needed here and when someone infringes your human rights they should forgo any of their own !!