XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science
From: robban@clubtelco.com
On 19/01/2014 9:01 am, Your Name wrote:
> In article , Robert Bannister
> wrote:
>> On 18/01/2014 1:24 pm, Rod Speed wrote:
>>> Robert Bannister wrote
>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>> Robert Bannister wrote
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I suppose we would all have to have locks and bars or maybe even
>>>>>> shutters on our windows to keep flying burglars out.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nar, just a decent RFID system that only lets yours
>>>>> in and visitors you choose to enable access to.
>>>>
>>>> How will that stop burglars from breaking my windows?
>>>
>>> They won't do that because everyone will be able to see them doing that
>>> and will call the cops and tell them that they are doing that.
>>
>> Mostly, these days, when people see a crime being committed they
>> walk/drive quickly past so as not to get involved.
>
> Yep, there's an article in today's newspaper about a woman who is angry
> because she was being assaulted and yelling for help, but everyone
> simply ignored her ... of course, there have also been news stories in
> the past where someone did go to help in similar circumstances and the
> intervening person got killed.
>
> On the flip-side, last week there was a news story about some drunken
> idiot who was sent to jail for assaulting someone, and his moronic
> family whining about how wrong that is because he's an important rugby
> player and their son / husband. :-\ As one newspaper columnist said,
> Australia can keep him (he's originally from New Zealand) and send us
> the judge who hands out proper sentencing.
>
In today's paper, I got the impression that it was a wonderful thing
that the woman who was imprisoned in the 90s for drug smuggling in
Indonesia was likely to be set free soon.
--
Robert Bannister - 1940-71 SE England
1972-now W Australia
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