Karma - a true story

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Originally Posted by bacicat

Sorry if this is close to home for you - it isn't my intention to deliberately upset anyone, but from my side of the fence, it is a very different story and quite cut and dried to me.

Again - apologies if you have a personal story that this conflicts with this.

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All good, mate.

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Originally Posted by korg20000bc

Because you're a better man than the thief.

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True, and I am. I do actually have a lot of compassion for people, but crime rates in my area are going up dramatically and everyone has a cut off point. Mines been reached with this sort of thing.

Some might say it's because of the way the economy is at the moment, and the high youth unemployment - which may have some bearing on it, but there are also just a lot of turds out there that think the world owes them a living and seem to have no internal 'right or wrong' indicator inside them and think it is just ok to steal.

I also think that work ethic is something that is passed from generation to generation. If a kid sees Mum or Dad sitting on their arse all day, only doing enough to get buy, and blaming the world for their problems, then they will grow up the same way. Conversely if they see Mum and Dad getting up early every day and going to work to make the world a better place, then they are far more likely to do the same.

My 16 YO Son recently told us he didn't want to be at School any longer - for various reasons I won't go into here. We said that if he found gainful employment for more than 20 hours a week we would look at bringing him out of School. 2 weeks later, he announced he had secured a full time position with training to give him a qualification in that line of work. He's just finished his first week (had to have a bit of a giggle when he said he just wanted to veg out on his first day off):). All he's known is us working full time and buying what we want with our hard earned, which he will go on to replicate for his kids in the future,

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Originally Posted by bacicat

True, and I am. I do actually have a lot of compassion for people, but crime rates in my area are going up dramatically and everyone has a cut off point. Mines been reached with this sort of thing.

Some might say it's because of the way the economy is at the moment, and the high youth unemployment - which may have some bearing on it, but there are also just a lot of turds out there that think the world owes them a living and seem to have no internal 'right or wrong' indicator inside them and think it is just ok to steal.

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You're absolutely right.
That kind of attitude gets right up my nose.

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Originally Posted by korg20000bc

Say your son has gone off the rails, fallen in with the wrong crowd and, despite your best efforts to help him, has started thieving to support his drug habit. You're walking home one night and see a motorcycle rider trying to flee the police. He comes off and then tries to leg it. With horror you realise it's your precious boy right as he gets hit by a car and then the car stops and backs over him over him. His leg is smashed and he'll never walk properly again.

Is anyone trying to tell be they'd stand there and say something like "Piece of **** got what he deserved...", "Would have been better if that turd was killed.." or, would have a good guffaw with the rest of the blokes who told you that the nurse pulled his catheter out to cause him some more pain?

No.
At least I wouldn't like to think so. You'd act as his advocate, defender or would be pleading for mercy in the hope that he might get help and come right. I don't think you'd just stand by if the crowd of onlookers tried to get their justice either. I can't imagine anyone would not do their darnedest to protect him from that justice.

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You're asking the wrong person this question.

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

You're asking the wrong person this question.

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I had meant it as a general question, not necessarily to you in particular.

Sorry if I didn't communicate this.

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Here's one way to stop a 14 year old joy rider :)

The Heroic Dodge Ram Driver Who Stopped A Dangerous Police Chase Is Getting His Truck Repaired For Free




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I wonder how long it would have been before this worthless piece of crap had hit an innocent person and destroyed their lives had he not been stopped? We see it reported on the news all the time. I am extremely pleased that this piece of garbage may never be in a position to walk, let alone ride a bike or drive again, makes me feel that little bit safer for my family, this is a good news story to me, I just hope the blokes bike wasn't too badly damaged, we all know the moron that caused all of this won't have saved any of his dole cheque money to be able to pay the owners repair bills or insurance excess.

When I was in my late teens a good mate's dad was killed when a criminal in a stolen car being chased by police ran into the back of their car sitting at a red light (early morning). His mum was badly injured. Took the family many many years to come to grips with it all, and I think my mate has never been the same. Because of this tragedy my mate didn't continue his tertiary studies (he was damn smart too) he has had an average life where I believe he was destined for great things...