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John Kane
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On Feb 17, 4:46 am, Will Cove <[email protected]> wrote:
> Don Whybrow <[email protected]> wrote in news:53n0t1F1t5l2sU1
> @mid.individual.net:
>
> > Was it this?
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TNTq3nhuh0
>
> Nope - but it does prove exactly the same point. The unbelievable bit in
> your video for me was the cop who said, "Excuse me sir, you can't be doing
> that in an active lane." when the thief attacked the lock with a hammer and
> chisel. He wasn't concerned that the guy was trying to "steal" a bike, just
> that he was getting in the way of the cars while doing it.
The thing is that in none of the "thefts" did the man look guilty,
furtive or so on. And, he was doing it in the middle of the day,
well, actually fairly early in the morning. Ergo he must be just an
honest cyclist who has a problem with a lock.
Now if he was trying this at 3:00 A.M. there might have been another
response, at least by the police.
I, once, did use a grinder to cut the lock off my bike and no one
complained but I was in the apartment building driveway and presumably
the neighbours recognized me. On the other hand, we did have about
20,000 civil servants who worked around the area, some of whom might
have noticed me but not recognized me.
In a lot of cases it is just a matter of looking like you belong there
and are doing something reasonable. We had someone shoplift a canoe
from a local dept store years ago. My assumption is that any one
watching simply decided that if someone (or some two) are carrying a
canoe out the door in the middle of the afternoon then it is okay.
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada
> Don Whybrow <[email protected]> wrote in news:53n0t1F1t5l2sU1
> @mid.individual.net:
>
> > Was it this?
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TNTq3nhuh0
>
> Nope - but it does prove exactly the same point. The unbelievable bit in
> your video for me was the cop who said, "Excuse me sir, you can't be doing
> that in an active lane." when the thief attacked the lock with a hammer and
> chisel. He wasn't concerned that the guy was trying to "steal" a bike, just
> that he was getting in the way of the cars while doing it.
The thing is that in none of the "thefts" did the man look guilty,
furtive or so on. And, he was doing it in the middle of the day,
well, actually fairly early in the morning. Ergo he must be just an
honest cyclist who has a problem with a lock.
Now if he was trying this at 3:00 A.M. there might have been another
response, at least by the police.
I, once, did use a grinder to cut the lock off my bike and no one
complained but I was in the apartment building driveway and presumably
the neighbours recognized me. On the other hand, we did have about
20,000 civil servants who worked around the area, some of whom might
have noticed me but not recognized me.
In a lot of cases it is just a matter of looking like you belong there
and are doing something reasonable. We had someone shoplift a canoe
from a local dept store years ago. My assumption is that any one
watching simply decided that if someone (or some two) are carrying a
canoe out the door in the middle of the afternoon then it is okay.
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada