No barbed wire...it might hurt the thieves

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10 Oct 2008, 8:58 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -told.html

Um, well, if someone is going to attempt to steal something, thats the price they pay! He has every right to put that up!



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10 Oct 2008, 9:53 pm

criminals are people too...people that shoot be shot.


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10 Oct 2008, 10:52 pm

He had a single strand of barbed wire 3 feet high surrounding his property. Very flimsy security. All a thief has to do is throw a heavy blanket over a section of it and simply climb over it.


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10 Oct 2008, 11:03 pm

Silver_Meteor wrote:
He had a single strand of barbed wire 3 feet high surrounding his property. Very flimsy security. All a thief has to do is throw a heavy blanket over a section of it and simply climb over it.
That flimsy, and their worried about the theif being injured!



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11 Oct 2008, 12:32 am

Thieves, hahaha! They get what they deserve just like those pirates who stole toxic waste!



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11 Oct 2008, 12:36 am

I don't possibly see how an adult thief injured trying to climb over barbed wire would have any grounds for winning a lawsuit.

The only duty of care that a property has towards an adult trespasser in this particular circumstance is not to willfully or wantonly injure someone by placing traps or hazards on your property.

Barbed wire is an obvious danger that anyone with ordinary judgement can avoid.


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11 Oct 2008, 12:38 am

Thieves, hahaha! They get what they deserve just like those pirates who stole toxic waste!



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11 Oct 2008, 3:24 am

Good I hope they get tetnus. Isnt that the point to deter them? And if it isnt the barbed wire, then the dogs, the alligator filled moat, or my shot gun



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11 Oct 2008, 3:26 am

Silver_Meteor wrote:
I don't possibly see how an adult thief injured trying to climb over barbed wire would have any grounds for winning a lawsuit.

The only duty of care that a property has towards an adult trespasser in this particular circumstance is not to willfully or wantonly injure someone by placing traps or hazards on your property.

Barbed wire is an obvious danger that anyone with ordinary judgement can avoid.


of course.



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11 Oct 2008, 5:10 am

I can understand this guys pain.
My dad used to have an alotment when our garden wasnt big enough to satify his gardening needs. so he got an alotment to grow more veg.
To see him put all that work in (after work) and have it ruined is horible.
To gaurd it with somthing as flimsy as barbed wire they deserve what they get. They have no place being there, i dont care if they are minors. When i was a kid and didnt things i shouldnt have, i remember getting hurt a few times cause i wasnt suposed o be there. It tought me a lesson.

This country really is going to the dogs. im tierd of everything having to PC



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11 Oct 2008, 7:43 am

Simply another case of our authorities taking the side of the lawless against innocent and law abiding folk.


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11 Oct 2008, 12:20 pm

The British legal system strikes again! When will it reach the tipping point when ordinary Brits finally get fed up?


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11 Oct 2008, 9:05 pm

You're also not allowed to engage in self-defense anymore if you hurt your assailant.



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14 Oct 2008, 1:37 am

Hypothetically...
If thieves are legally protected, then simply steal all your stuff back.
Then you get the same opportunity to sue for injuries as the original thieves did.

But more reasonably...
Sue for losses and damages by thieves enabled and legally protected by the law.
Sue the town for aiding and abetting and permitting crimes against you.

Either theft is legal or it is not legal.



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14 Oct 2008, 2:35 am

I would have eletrified it as well!


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14 Oct 2008, 11:17 am

Silver_Meteor wrote:
I don't possibly see how an adult thief injured trying to climb over barbed wire would have any grounds for winning a lawsuit.

The only duty of care that a property has towards an adult trespasser in this particular circumstance is not to willfully or wantonly injure someone by placing traps or hazards on your property.

Barbed wire is an obvious danger that anyone with ordinary judgement can avoid.


Welcome to 21st Century Britain, where law abiding citizens detain thieves & thugs and then get arrested for assaulting them, whilst the criminals walk free.

Meanwhile Mr & Mrs Jo Public are getting criminal records for overfilling their bins (trash cans) or putting them out on the wrong day.