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Here's what the Garda could/should be doing

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    #32
    niceonetom
    Registered Users Posts: 4,833 ✭✭✭niceonetom


    Fion_McCool wrote: »
    Cyclists pay taxes too and are surely entitled to some protection from the Garda.

    have to point out that our rights to protection from crime should not be proportional to our income or tax liabilities. that would be ridiculous.


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    #33
    Gavin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭Gavin


    niceonetom wrote: »
    have to point out that our rights to protection from crime should not be proportional to our income or tax liabilities. that would be ridiculous.

    Absolutely and I'd be highly surprised if a single member of the Gardai would even contemplate the tax bracket a victim is in before rendering assistance. It's farcical.


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    #34
    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,381 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    drcopernicus wrote: »
    Revenge fantasies, while awesome, should never be put into practice. The honeypot sting above would meet the definition of assault as per the NFOATP Act; especially if a good samaritan was in the process of bringing it to the local Lost and Found.
    Good samaritans do not carry bolt cutters :)

    I am talking of locking the bike, can't remember it the youtube one was locked. Think it was outside a shop. A Good samaritan would at least wait a few mins before walking off with a bike.

    There was some story of a lad robbing a fixie and going on his ear as he couldnt cycle it.
    I'd be highly surprised if a single member of the Gardai would even contemplate the tax bracket a victim is in before rendering assistance
    Not conciously, but I still think many view it is "schoolyard crime", like somebody robbing your lunch, even if it was €500 worth of caviar! They still just look at it as kids robbing bikes, even though the bike could be worth far more than their car.


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