howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
2 November 2010
17:1878112i hear they are holding a debate over charlie's port plan in the snooker room in canterbury prison as we speak.
a statement will be issued to the press later.
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,706
2 November 2010
17:4678115Oh I am keeping up but what may be petty to you may be pretty bloody major to someone else,
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
2 November 2010
19:1678131Absolutely. Burglary is often under-rated despite so many people sharing how devastating it is. It's about perceptiona dn how we feel about things.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
2 November 2010
19:1878132too right about burglary bern, i see it as a crime against the person.
i found it much more distressing than somoene breaking into my car and nicking the stereo, our homes are sacrosanct.
roger will confirm that.
2 November 2010
19:2178134I can only agree - that's why I support the use of force: if someone takes the calculated risk of entering my house uninvited with probable intent to commit an offence, he's mine and I will use any force necessary. Without a second thought and without regret.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
- Posts: 4,150
2 November 2010
19:4278136Our first house was along Barton road, and after just 2 month`s in there, it was broken into while I was at work. It was the year we got married, and my wife to be hadn`t moved in there yet as I was decorating etc. No valuable`s stolen, most stuff was still at my mum`s, but it left a cloud over the place. One of the few times when I wished cancer on another person with no remorse, even today decades later. It`s an experience only for those who have suffered it.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
3 November 2010
08:3178215Couldn't agree more.
We were burgled in January - at 5.15 in the afternoon.
It is an awful feeling, like you personally, have been violated. Thankfully he cut himself on the window he had broken and his DNA was on record as a criminal. He denied it at first of course but confessed when told about his DNA.
We went to his court appearance and were pleased when the Judge said he would receive a custodial sentence but his brief told a tale of woe - which was all believed and he ended up with a suspended sentence, so no "real" punishment.
We now have a burglar alarm - I would have liked him to have paid for it though.
Roger
Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,706
3 November 2010
09:3978230That is what ticks me off, when they tell some load of old pony to get off with a suspended - the only suspended sentence I would give burglars would be by their toes for a few hours (or more)
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi