Re: F*#king Theives!

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

No, not taken as a flame at all. Just sharing my point of view is all, and we
kinda disagree. But I'll also give it to you that I don't have any experience in
this, so maybe I shouldn't say anything in the first place.
    -Josiah

Brad Sheridan wrote:

> At 10:24 PM 11/29/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Now, now... violence is not the answer!
> >: )
> >But seriously, don't you think it would have been more effective to have a
> >little talk with him? I dunno if he'll remember that incident thinking, "I'll
> >never do that again!" He might just think to be more careful next time.
> >But I understand... talking to him might not be as SATISFYING.
>
>   I'm sorry, but do you REALLY think a stern talking from a total stranger
> would make some thief see the error in his ways? If so, you've been
> watching too much TV:)
>
>   We started out talking(ok yelling and accusing), he immediately went into
> a deny it mode, even though I saw him from just a few feet away in my
> buddies Jeep. I knew it was my buddies Jeep. I knew this guy had no
> business being in it, it looked like he was trying to get at the radio in
> the dash. So the guy tries to deny it and then ran off towards the housing
> projects. He wasn't going to stand around and discuss this.The only way
> he'd get caught is if we could get police response in just a few seconds.
> Fat chance of that! Freaknik resulted in massive traffic jams all around
> downtown Atlanta, and there were alot of other problems for the cops to
> deal with. The only other option would be for us to hold him. If the guys
> in the car hadn't come along, I would've held him for the police after I
> subdued him. Maybe you haven't been involved in situations like this
> before, but criminals don't just sit around waiting for the cops to come
> pick them up. Dealing with them requires making quick decisions. Doing the
> wrong thing, or not acting quickly enough, is just as good as doing nothing
> about it. I would be mad if you saw someone breaking into my car and did
> nothing about it. Don't take this as a flame, its just the reality of a
> situation like this.
>
> Brad
>
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