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Theft is an organized crime. That tweaker/junkie who steals your bike, breaks into your storage unit, whatever? He's not an organization man. The dude with a
by samatman 2y ago
Theft is an organized crime.
That tweaker/junkie who steals your bike, breaks into your storage unit, whatever? He's not an organization man. The dude with a standing offer to pay twenty bucks for the bike, or ten if it's shitty? He's with an organization.
What I propose is that we start enforcing the law and treat theft as a crime, not a nuisance or fact of life. Roll up the organizations, toss them in prison, and repeat over and over until the message gets out.
This isn't a problem which can be solved at the tweaker level. What we can do, and simply choose not to, is get every single dude with twenty bucks or a baggie to trade for your bike. All that's lacking is the political will.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoWhat's also lacking is any evidence of any kind that this would have the effect you desire.
- immibis 2y ago[flagged]
- samatman 2y agoThis comment is manifestly made in bad faith. I want the police to arrest, and DAs to prosecute, organized theft rings. Someone with several stolen bicycles is not a small businessman, he's a fence, and should do several years of time. It is in fact quite easy to tell that person apart from the guy who bought a bike on Craigslist and oops, turned out it was stolen. You're pretending this distinction is unclear to you, and insinuating that I'm proposing Soviet price controls. In reality, you are perfectly aware of the distinction and know that I'm not. That is arguing in bad faith.
- immibis 2y agoHow do you prove he's knowingly part of an organised theft ring? Simply not checking the provenance of the goods you buy doesn't prove that.