[Spridgets] [criminals, perps, etc]

[David Riker]

I've Been to busy to check the list for 3 days and wow, did I get behind.

Gerard, Sorry about your loss.  Back in the '80's my friend bought a Midget. 
He and I probably had the only two in town.  He bought a brand new full 
tonneau cover, and it was stolen off of the car the first time he used it. 
We have no idea what the theives could have been thinking.  It was way 
before Ebay or Craigslist.

Political rant at risk of starting a thread:

The reason there aren't enough resources to pursue crime investigation is 
the practice of warehousing serious criminals.  All of our law inforcement 
money is consumed housing and feeding the repeat and violent criminals in a 
failed prison system.  If after two strikes you got an automatic death 
penalty carried out within 24 hours of your second appeal, and we could take 
all those prison guards and put them out enforcing laws.  With no more than 
two chances at rehabilitation, the odds of repeat offenders would be very 
small.  Intentional crimes large or small are usually committed because 
either a:  the reward outweighs the risk of being caught, or b:  the reward 
outweighs the cost of the penalty, or both.
David Riker
74 Midget.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Duquette" <robertduquette at sympatico.ca>
To: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 7, Issue 10


> You're not alone there.  I had someone locally tell me that the police
> provided them with a form for their insurance claim and weren't going to
> pursue the matter at all.
>
> I reported a suspicious vehicle that had been parked ( abandoned ) in 
> front
> of my house.  It was stolen.  They didn't print that either.