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As unlikely.
by blueflow 2y ago
As unlikely.
- cdogl 2y agoI’ll take some police briefly on my property over that gamble any day.
- blueflow 2y agoLetting cops on your property is not a gamble to you?
- lupusreal 2y agoIn Germany? If you hate the cops so much, that's all the more reason to let them deal with the sketchy bombs!
- tjoff 2y agoVery few industrial countries where that is a gamble.
- blueflow 2y agoCertain DIY things reliably cause questioning or even an investigation by the police despite being legal.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago*May depend on race
- bell-cot 2y agoTrue. OTOH - I suspect that OD specialist officers, summoned to your property by your "I found something in my garden that looks a lot like that WWII mortar shell in your Call-us-immediately-if-you-see Guide" phone call would be far more benevolently inclined than regular police officers coming to your property for most other reasons.
- bluGill 2y agoAll alternatives are a gamble. In many cases letting cops supposedly trained in the matter is the least risky gamble - if they are trained as they are supposed to be there is no risk.
- d_tr 2y agoIf you call them to pick up dangerous material, in Germany? No. Plus, if you have neighbours, it's not only about you anymore.
- fragmede 2y agoYour funeral. Quite literally. If you grew up in the US and didn't have the background "pensioner dies after discovering WWII ordinance in field" story every couple of years, it must seem unlikely indeed. But for those who do, they're not as stupid so as to think so.
- blueflow 2y ago> If you grew up in the US Yeah which isn't the case.
- fragmede 2y agofeel free to add "or any other country where that is the case" at the appropriate place in my comment so that it applies to you, if you need to be spoonfed.
- Ostrogoth 2y agoHey, you may have not intended it, but your response comes across with a bit of a condescending tone. Please help promote HN as a place for continued civil discourse.
- fragmede 2y agoThank you for pointing that out. Too late to edit, unfortunately. What response would you have given to the comment I replied to?
- Ostrogoth 2y agoI’m not sure what they meant, so tbh I probably just wouldn’t have replied. You made a good point that for someone in the US (or any other country that hasn’t experienced modern war), unexploded ordinance isn’t even on their risk radar, despite the US being a major contributor to the problem. It’s unfortunate how many people continue to face that reality.
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