I Have Officially Lost Faith In Humanity...

[Moltke]

@mhanna91

I know this doesn’t pertain to the exact point you were trying to get at with your post, but I don’t think I could ever drop a hammer on ANY unarmed person whether they were in my house or not (as long as they weren’t coming after me or anything). No object in my place is worth taking a human life over.

Anyways, I’m sorry about what went on in your back yard. It is a shame. But don’t let 2 dumb kids shake your faith in people. Kids have been doing that sort of thing forever. They just happened to do it to your neighbors this time.

Nice senitment putting human life above your property, I would tend to agree. But you can still be beaten, raped or murdered by an unarmed person, and so can your wife or kids.

[Moltke]

@QuietShootr

I think it’s cute that it took you this long to lose faith in humanity.

Hilarious.

[SteyrAUG]

@Moose-Knuckle

Just take comfort in the fact that these little douche bags will be changing your bed pan and administering your daily dose of life extending meds at the home in your “golden years”.

I agree that our civilization needs a hard re-boot.

I would hope that my final care would be administered by somebody better than that.

[SteyrAUG]

@QuietShootr

I think it’s cute that it took you this long to lose faith in humanity.

Yeah, sometimes denial can be strong.

I spent years involved in youth martial arts programs, PALs and things like that. The reality seems to be good kids are good kids and bad kids are bad kids and you can almost never change that.

I know I spent years trying to flip a few borderline bad kids back on the other side of the fence. Now I think my time would have been better spent rewarding the good kids for their efforts. Maybe I made a positive difference on a few, but who really knows.

I guess at least I tried.

[SteyrAUG]

@CarlosDJackal

I would have called 9-1-1. Let the responding Officer sort out whether these guys were just cutting through people’s yards because they were too lazy or stealing. The fact that a car showed up to pick them up after one of them made a call and you confronted them should have been a clue.

For some reason a lot of people are unwilling to call 9-1-1 but have no problem taking the time to complain how" the cops wouldn’t have done anything anyway". I’ve made that call on drunk drivers and aggressive drivers. I don’t often see the results, but once in a while I will and I am convinced I did the right thing.

FWIW, I used to interview convicted burglars on their MO and have taken those lessons to heart.

If I called 911 everytime I saw a kid hop a fence I’d be calling 5 times a week and would quickly end up on the “pay no mind” list. Also 911 is for emergencies, not annoyances. I don’t want some guy to die in a life threatening emergency because I occupied a 911 operator with fence hoppers.

[Gramps]

Is it time for “Razor Wire” on top of your fences? “Hey you kids, outa my yard damnit”! “Next time I’ll have your balls on that fence, if the’ve dropped yet”.