Metal theft. The biters bit

Then the world would be empty, except for the hangman. So who would hang him?

Does he hang everyone who doesn't hang himself?

And nor do you.

It sickens me when

NO they didn't! They had total contempt for any form of human value.

Even if there is no sob story behind their lives,

Well, that's good enough for the current thread.

Wow. A petty criminal has "total contempt for any form of human value". I really hope I don't know you in the physical world outside usenet.

They were nicking some metal. They weren't torturing people.

They may well have had total contempt for everybody else's personal wealth, but no human value. You sicken me.

Matt

No, it was American! I too attended school in the fifties and grew up with millimetres, centimetres, metres and kilometres - including the correct pronunciation of the last one!

Surely that is one of the joys of youth when you can be convinced of your own immortality.

It's part of the learning process - sometimes ending in death - Darwinism in action.

They were putting other people's lives at risk for personal gain, with a total contempt for anyone else's needs, requirements, safety or well-being.

I hope I never meet you in the real world.

How do you know they were putting lives at risk? They certainly didn't care about anyone other than themselves - but what thief does? What's far more worrying is the self righteous hang them and flog them brigade. As if they never ever broke the law.

Just remember - speeding puts other's life at risk. If you want dramatics.

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No power, no phone service, no signalling on roads and railways, no train services (etc). No, I simply can't see how the disruption of any of these services could possible put lives at risk.

Are youo really sure about that ? What makes you think they wouldnb;t slit yuort through for teh price of a copper wire ? Theer's only one thing we can be sure of and that is they will nbever reoffend.

Maybe not gloat but what if they;'d caused an accident pileup or servre delays. What if that delay meant someone dying because a surgeon didn;t get to the hospital or time or everyone else gets delayed because they want to make some quick money.

I'd say they were on the short list for the Darwin awards.

How do you KNOW otherwise? Suppose they had got away with it, leaving a live wire exposed to the elements and passers by...

...or even red herrings.

Please show here I have suggested "hanging and flogging". Perhaps I was merely marvelling at Darwinism in action. They would seem to have been the architects of their own destiny and I, for one, see no reason to shed a tear for their passing.

I thought it went back to anglo-saxon times no fogeting centre, honour. I heaqrd that jeffersons original document of teh declaration of independence had teh spelliong honour, but it was later changed to honor.

You're supposing - again.

Of course not. Didn't think you were human.

Let me sum it up. You don't care if someone lives or dies because they have done something you disapprove of.

But expect that same person to be worried about others?

So that dennis in death row then.

Nicely put.

After the supposition his family were starving, it compares as a milder point.

He would not be the same person if he worried about others, would he?

No, but if they get killed committing criminal acts where it is obvious there is a sever danger off death, like nicking lead of church rooves, or nicking live cables, I am not going to lose any sleep over it OK?