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RoboCop
Apparently, the British are ’passive against crime’.
It seems that the UK has developed a culture whereby the police, the courts and government generally are supposed to tackle crime and fewer individuals are likely to get involved as so-called ‘have a go heroes’ compared with other European nations.
I wonder why this might be? The fact that the public is scared to get involved because the villain will either shoot them with a gun they have but the citizen is not allowed, stab them with a knife they have but which the citizen is not allowed, or simply sue their arses off for assault?
If we have a society that has become dependent upon the state, it’s because a steady stream of reforming do-gooders have poked their noses in creating the nanny state, creating an environment of dependency and fear that goes well beyond attitudes to tackling crime.
It seems that the UK has developed a culture whereby the police, the courts and government generally are supposed to tackle crime and fewer individuals are likely to get involved as so-called ‘have a go heroes’ compared with other European nations.
The public policy group Reform says that Britons have become "passive bystanders" in the fight against crime.
It says the UK has the world's most expensive justice system but people are uninformed and abdicate responsibility to politicians, police and the courts.
I wonder why this might be? The fact that the public is scared to get involved because the villain will either shoot them with a gun they have but the citizen is not allowed, stab them with a knife they have but which the citizen is not allowed, or simply sue their arses off for assault?
If we have a society that has become dependent upon the state, it’s because a steady stream of reforming do-gooders have poked their noses in creating the nanny state, creating an environment of dependency and fear that goes well beyond attitudes to tackling crime.
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Luckily, here in America, where even non-citizens like moi have the constitutional right to bear arms, you have a right to grab the shotgun under your bed and blow an intruder's face off the front of his head, as long as you have told them first to get out of your house because you are armed. I know several people who would have no problem with killing an intruder, and then calling the police.
And while in California the law might be namby-pamby about the whole thing, lawsuits, etc, don't burgle someone's house in Texas: the house owner will shoot you, display your head on their living room wall and barbecue your corpse and spread chili on your worthless burgling arse. I love living here.