I Was The Victim Of A Crime.
AND I WANT JUSTICE.
Yesterday morning I went to my truck all happy and giddy to go home for easter and was greeted by an unlocked door (with a coat hanger on the ground) and wires right where a neat little radio used to be.
Thankfully they didn't break any windows or take anything else.
I drive a a 03 F-150 with about 6 dents in it. I think I was targeted because of my manual locks.
Oh well, you live and you learn.
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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Bad luck
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That is unfortunate. Must have been a small time thief *a slim-jim is much more efficient*, probably kids looking to help bankroll a bag of weed or stealing for kicks. They were probably disappointed not to find a cellphone, laptop, etc... because just a car radio isn't really worth the bother. Check out your town's local pawn shop, you can probably find your radio there.
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." *Jim Elliot*
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I suppose if he's caught in Texas, he'll get the death penalty?
BLARGH!
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Breaking into a Ford aught to be punishable by death. That is sacrilege!
Hammer, anvil, forge and fire, chase away The Hoofed Liar. Roof and doorway, block and beam, chase The Trickster from our dreams.Vigilance is our shield, that protects us from our squalid past. Knowledge is our weapon, with which we carve a path to an enlightened future.
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Being IN Texas is the penalty. The death sentence is a release program.
Anyway, back to a more Frontroomish level of commentary: that sucks Strike. Even if it was only a radio taken, the fact that someone felt they could invade your space and just take what is not theirs is quite disturbing.
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Just eat lots of snack packs and you'll feel better.
At the end of the day politics is just trash compared to the Gospel.
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Sucks. :(
Worst of all no one will ever be caught or punished, I guarantee the cops won't even bother to try.
We have a very high tolerance for petty crime in this country. It's really unfortunate.
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I love my little Wisconsin town. Nobody locks their cars. When you pass by the schools, all of the bicycles are racked up without chains or cables. Most folks don't even lock the doors on their homes.
And yet we do have drug problems, namely the crystal meth epidemic that is hitting pretty much all of rural America. I don't really know why property crime is such a non-issue here. It's not as though the population is homogeneous, and it's not like people from cities don't move here (witness the lemur clan).
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lmao, you are in WI?! (I should have known because of the cheddar reference) lol, I never knew. :P When I get back to the States, maybe I will look you up some time.
Which part of WI do you live in? I live in Portage county, in the center.
Hammer, anvil, forge and fire, chase away The Hoofed Liar. Roof and doorway, block and beam, chase The Trickster from our dreams.Vigilance is our shield, that protects us from our squalid past. Knowledge is our weapon, with which we carve a path to an enlightened future.
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I'd run to Russia. It's like Wisconsin, but not that cold (woad&fangs shameful reversal)I get back to the States, maybe I will look you up some time.
Names, secret names
But never in my favour
But when all is said and done
It's you I love
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lol, you must come from WI too!
Hammer, anvil, forge and fire, chase away The Hoofed Liar. Roof and doorway, block and beam, chase The Trickster from our dreams.Vigilance is our shield, that protects us from our squalid past. Knowledge is our weapon, with which we carve a path to an enlightened future.
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Caius is from Argentina. I on the other hand am one of those Dane county nutjobs
Sorry to hear about your radio, Strike.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
So that its subjects will view it with admiration, as a chicken which has the daring and courage to boldly cross the road,
but also with fear, for whom among them has the strength to contend with such a paragon of avian virtue? In such a manner is the princely
chicken's dominion maintained. ~Machiavelli
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lol, of course I know where Caius is from.Caius is from Argentina. I on the other hand am one of those Dane county nutjobs
Sorry to hear about your radio, Strike.
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Tough luck man. At least nothing else got stolen.
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then, the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
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Mother ******... if you find out who it is, get some friends together and deliver some frontier-style justice. (Be discreet about it, though, and don't get caught... maybe just break all his car windows or his computer or something.)
It really sucks that it was because you had manual locks that you got hit. I would prefer manual locks on my car, because I just don't trust something that can break and get me locked inside my car (luckily I have crank windows in case of that emergency) or, worse yet, outside of the car so the only way to fix the situation is to break my window. I would really hate to be punished for exercising basic safety and common sense.
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Better advice, if you find out who did it, go to the law.Do not become a criminal yourself.
Hammer, anvil, forge and fire, chase away The Hoofed Liar. Roof and doorway, block and beam, chase The Trickster from our dreams.Vigilance is our shield, that protects us from our squalid past. Knowledge is our weapon, with which we carve a path to an enlightened future.
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Well, only if he can prove it; stuff like this is usually impossible to prove.Better advice, if you find out who did it, go to the law.
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It is best NOT to break the law, period.
Hammer, anvil, forge and fire, chase away The Hoofed Liar. Roof and doorway, block and beam, chase The Trickster from our dreams.Vigilance is our shield, that protects us from our squalid past. Knowledge is our weapon, with which we carve a path to an enlightened future.
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Definitely, just because they robbed you doesn't give you the right to perform criminal acts against them. The bible is a bad book to take advice from, an eye for an eye just leaves everyone blind.
That said, criminals need to be punished, but this should be done by the police.
- Four Horsemen of the Presence
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They say revenge is psychologically unsatisfying.
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Well, they happen to be wrong.
And what's a Yankee know about all this anyhow?
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...ubmed_RVDocSum
People expect to reap hedonic rewards when they punish an offender, but in at least some instances, revenge has hedonic consequences that are precisely the opposite of what people expect. Three studies showed that (a) one reason for this is that people who punish continue to ruminate about the offender, whereas those who do not punish "move on" and think less about the offender, and (b) people fail to appreciate the different affective consequences of witnessing and instigating punishment.
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Just what I expected... what do them fancy-ass doctors know about anything anyhow? Not a damn thing, that's what. Anyhow, this guy deserves to be taught a lesson.
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I feel your pain. Somebody robbed my motorcycle cover one night this winter - what a pain in the ***.
And earlier, me and a friend were robbed. Luckily, some other people who also got robbed caught the guy on his way back to his dorm, but they didn't hold him. That made me and my friend, a karate instructor, quite disappointed.
CR
Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
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I find them psychologically enjoyable.
Tough luck about the theft, Strike. So many jerks in this world, man.
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Agreed. Doctoring is way-overhyped. Bunch a fancy funny talkers think they know what's best for me?
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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I hate this sort of crime. Hope you'll find him and can go all Texan on his sorry ass.
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Doodle?
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Portage, wooo, you're up on the same longitude as Green Bay. I'm down in southeast WI, Walworth County to be exact. We're the part of the state that has jobs and money.lmao, you are in WI?! (I should have known because of the cheddar reference
(I have no idea if it's true or not, but a very smart longtime resident told me that if you chopped off the southeastern corner of Wisconsin, the average wage for the state would drop to $10 per hour. That makes us the high-rolling fat cats.)
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