[Colonel Angus]

Article in the L.A. Times: read it here

From the article: "Some bike messengers last month took justice into their own hands when they caught two suspected thieves, teenage boys who attended a local Catholic high school. According to police, the messengers stripped down the teens to their boxer shorts before taking their cellphones, backpacks and clothes."

Personally, I would have beat the living crap out of them and THEN sent them home in their boxers, bleeding from the mouth, nose, and possibly ears.

 

[sstalder5]

Ironically, Box said, some of the worst positioned racks can be found at the new LAPD headquarters.

 

[stevew]

Personally, I would have beat the living crap out of them and THEN sent them home in their boxers, bleeding from the mouth, nose, and possibly ass.

ruffian.

 

[jonKranked]

Personally, I would have beat the living crap out of them and THEN sent them home in their boxers, bleeding from the mouth, nose, and possibly ears.

while I don't necessarily disagree, its easier for the cops to let it slide in circumstances like this.

 

[mandown]

Some of the upside-down U-shaped racks the city uses have even been cut and the gap covered with stickers, he said. Bike thieves simply slip out the locked bicycles.

r u f ng me?

 

[Colonel Angus]

ruffian.

Whatever it takes. I like your idea better.

 

[Bushwhacker]

Personally, I would have beat the living crap out of them and THEN sent them home in their boxers, bleeding from the mouth, nose, and possibly ears.

They go to Catholic school....this has already been done...

 

[Pesqueeb]

They go to Catholic school they already most likely bleed from the anus .

Fixed

 

[jdcamb]

I will let you folks in on a secret. No amount of ass beating will ever make a thief stop being a thief. I laugh when I hear folks talk like an ass beating will make them think it is a bad idea to steal. It doesn't. If you don't want your chit stolen. Don't give them the opportunity to steal your chit. You are always to blame for your loss. Now don't get all up in it and piss about my opine. This is a fact of life.

 

[Bushwhacker]

Fixed

That was the general idea...without saying anus.

 

[MMike]

r u f ng me?

See, I can almost respect that. You get points for being clever in my book.....

 

[eaterofdog]

I will let you folks in on a secret. No amount of ass beating will ever make a thief stop being a thief. I laugh when I hear folks talk like an ass beating will make them think it is a bad idea to steal. It doesn't. If you don't want your chit stolen. Don't give them the opportunity to steal your chit. You are always to blame for your loss. Now don't get all up in it and piss about my opine. This is a fact of life.

It's called avoidance conditioning.

 

[mandown]

See, I can almost respect that. You get points for being clever in my book.....

i hear ya. i'm checking every bike rack in the future for stickers.

i'm getting one of these to protect my ride. it looks super safe.

 

[JohnE]

i hear ya. i'm checking every bike rack in the future for stickers.

Not really...would you steal that p.o.s fahrad?

 

[sanjuro]

I will let you folks in on a secret. No amount of ass beating will ever make a thief stop being a thief. I laugh when I hear folks talk like an ass beating will make them think it is a bad idea to steal. It doesn't. If you don't want your chit stolen. Don't give them the opportunity to steal your chit. You are always to blame for your loss. Now don't get all up in it and piss about my opine. This is a fact of life.

The chances of catching a thief is about 1/1000 of the chances of recovering your bike after it has been stolen. Which is about 1/1000 of the chances of the Nets winning the NBA championship.

So the scenario of catching a thief in the act is near zero.

I agree with your assessment of taking responsibility of protecting your own stuff.

But I think it is your responsibility as a member of the biking brotherhood to do something to this douchebag. If you are a non-violent person, call the cops and give a description.

If you are a violent person, smack this guy around. Show him you care.

 

[jdcamb]

The chances of catching a thief is about 1/1000 of the chances of recovering your bike after it has been stolen. Which is about 1/1000 of the chances of the Nets winning the NBA championship.

So the scenario of catching a thief in the act is near zero.

I agree with your assessment of taking responsibility of protecting your own stuff.

But I think it is your responsibility as a member of the biking brotherhood to do something to this douchebag. If you are a non-violent person, call the cops and give a description.

If you are a violent person, smack this guy around. Show him you care.

As an experienced smacker and smackee. I can most definitely tell you that the only thing smacking idiots helps is to make the smacker feel better. It almost never makes the smackee say to themselves, hey maybe I shouldn't have done whatever it may have been to solicit that smackdown.
As someone with a propensity for violence (I know I joke about it here , but in all seriousness I am an extremely violent person by nature, and in the worst of ways... I am working on it....). Let me just say in a very assured way that violence begets violence in almost every instance and that it never works out in ones favor, ever!...... Judges and DA's almost never see your point of view, ever!....

 

[sanjuro]

As an experienced smacker and smackee. I can most definitely tell you that the only thing smacking idiots helps is to make the smacker feel better. It almost never makes the smackee say to themselves, hey maybe I shouldn't have done whatever it may have been to solicit that smackdown.
As someone with a propensity for violence (I know I joke about it here , but in all seriousness I am an extremely violent person by nature, and in the worst of ways... I am working on it....). Let me just say in a very assured way that violence begets violence in almost every instance and that it never works out in ones favor, ever!...... Judges and DA's almost never see your point of view, ever!....

Well, I don't disagree with your nonviolent attitude. But do something! Pants a thief, good. Post a video of it, better.

I don't think it matters this thief got his, but I and thousands of other cyclists know what he looks like.