Simviation Forum - Ever want to choke someone

Reply #15 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 5:27am

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Halloween is a good opportunity for anyone with a grudge to carry it out. Being close to Bonfire Night with fireworks readily available makes this even more worrying in the UK. Having fireworks stuffed through your letterbox is the latest 'trick'. I found this clip from a CCTV camera showing one of these attacks taking place last night. http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7070000/newsid_7071700/7071733.stm?bw=bb...

The police & news media might put this down to a 'Halloween prank' but it's obviously more sinister & I suspect racially motivated.

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Reply #16 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 6:00am

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flyboy 28 wrote on Oct 31^st, 2007 at 4:06pm:

That really bites, Cory. Judging by how close the impact was to the actual body of the car, it could have been a lot worse if it hit the trunk.

Your right, James!! Thank God it only hit the glass!!!!!

Hagar wrote on Nov 1^st, 2007 at 5:27am:

Halloween is a good opportunity for anyone with a grudge to carry it out. Being close to Bonfire Night with fireworks readily available makes this even more worrying in the UK. Having fireworks stuffed through your letterbox is the latest 'trick'. I found this clip from a CCTV camera showing one of these attacks taking place last night. http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7070000/newsid_7071700/7071733.stm?bw=bb...

The police & news media might put this down to a 'Halloween prank' but it's obviously more sinister & I suspect racially motivated.

I saw this on our local news last night. Unbelievable!!!!!!!!

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Reply #17 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 7:19am

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Hagar wrote on Nov 1^st, 2007 at 5:27am:

Halloween is a good opportunity for anyone with a grudge to carry it out. Being close to Bonfire Night with fireworks readily available makes this even more worrying in the UK. Having fireworks stuffed through your letterbox is the latest 'trick'. I found this clip from a CCTV camera showing one of these attacks taking place last night. http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7070000/newsid_7071700/7071733.stm?bw=bb...

The police & news media might put this down to a 'Halloween prank' but it's obviously more sinister & I suspect racially motivated.

Darn, that shopkeeper is lucky that he didn't get hit by any of the flares! Shocked

What a stupid and obnoxious thing to do. And offcourse with a mask! Cowards!

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Reply #18 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 10:25am

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"Gate Night", "Cabbage Night" or "Mischief Night" has been around a long time in the US... I think somewhere along the line the original "give us candy or we'll do something nasty" spirit ("trick or treat") split into two holidays.
Kids make mischief the night before, then go for a handout at the same house the next night.
That's not right.
There was probably a lot less harmful mischief back when the idea of "trick or treat" was more sinister, but people were more generous... everyone would have a good laugh, and the evil spirits would be mollified for another year.

When I was a kid, egg-throwing, toilet-papering, and soaping windows (LOL!! Soap...) was the worst most kids would do in my neighborhood... I think my brother and I only worked up the courage to go out on "Cabbage Night" once... we were afraid of getting pelted with eggs. Cheesy

Going around for candy was much more fun... back then, at least, it was a very warm ritual with the neighbors. I'm lucky I got some amazing homemade treats back before people stopped doing that. We also got hot cider and even toys, sometimes- many of our neighbors were old-school German immigrants, and they really knew how to crank up the hospitality machine! Grin

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Reply #19 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 12:27pm

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Sure there isn't a hole somewhere in the interior? Looks remenisent of a 22cal.

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Reply #20 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 4:50pm

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Mike.. wrote on Nov 1^st, 2007 at 12:27pm:

Sure there isn't a hole somewhere in the interior? Looks remenisent of a 22cal.

Mike

That would be scary, i know its a tiny gun but it's still a fire arm, i think they woulda heard the shot though or saw a muzzle blast

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Reply #21 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 6:33pm

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Mike.. wrote on Nov 1^st, 2007 at 12:27pm:

Sure there isn't a hole somewhere in the interior? Looks remenisent of a 22cal.

Mike

It did not go through. Most likely a Co2 Pellet gun!! But I have a 30-06 that would go through they're window!!

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Reply #22 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 8:08pm

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I got to do that last year! Only no one owned the car and it was trashed...

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Reply #23 - Nov 2^nd, 2007 at 3:39pm

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Cory, sorry to see this happened, It really makes you mad, but if you go after them then you are the one in trouble, thats what is wrong with this country, the criminals have all the rights and the victims don't. When I was young, I would never have done something like that because if that person caught you, you were going to get you a$$ beat. Now they don't have to worry about that, because you can't touch them, and its going to get worse.

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Reply #24 - Nov 2^nd, 2007 at 4:08pm

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Roughrider wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2007 at 3:39pm:

Cory, sorry to see this happened, It really makes you mad, but if you go after them then you are the one in trouble, thats what is wrong with this country, the criminals have all the rights and the victims don't. When I was young, I would never have done something like that because if that person caught you, you were going to get you a$$ beat. Now they don't have to worry about that, because you can't touch them, and its going to get worse.

Thanks, Mark and I know what you mean. I talk allot about what i would have done if I caught them but, I know the law protects the criminal more then the victim and I would have ended up in more trouble!! Angry

When I was younger and like what Sean said earlier we use to use soap, shaving cream, toilet paper and molasses ( for on car & house door handles ) as our mischief night ammunition. This way if we got caught we knew it would be easy to clean up!!

Now they do destruction and we can't do anything about it if we catch without having to worry about a lawsuit or worse.

Sucks big time!!!! Angry

Cory

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Reply #25 - Nov 2^nd, 2007 at 7:05pm

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Did you ever want to choke someone

Yep,

When some one stole our car...

I just read the other day that 25% of all car crime in Bristol happens in a suburb called Long Ashton were I live weird...well its not the best place you all ways hear at night people trying garages at night to see if they have been left open...We had weed killer on a certain part of out lawn someone snooping about now there is brown foot prints over our grass Tongue