John ... can totally see your point ... but can't help feeling that our current feeble response to these crimes has emboldened what is a tiny recidivist section of our community to feel they can brazenly act without consequence. You see any number of vids from our major cities of two or three masked chavs with a couple of mopeds smashing or cutting the security locks off someone's two-wheeled pride and joy then making off with it ... while one of the others waves a hammer at anyone who gets too close.
If a few passing burly builders stopped and broke a few arms and legs, then drove on things might change .... of course it would rely on none of the increasing herd of hand-wringers dobbing them in to the cops because " they're misunderstood/victims of racism and/or austerity" .... or they might have mislaid their keys! 😀
I have a personal pessimistic theory that we've only had our relatively law-abiding period to live through courtesy of the likes of Hanging Judge Jeffries and robust policing and punishment whipping criminals into line .... if we carry on abdicating and equivocating enforcement as we are, then we'll have to go through those dark times again to pull it back ... I'd rather see a consistent and effective justice system now than floggings and hangings in the future! *
K
* tongue in cheek, but not totally! 🙂
