2009/2/25 Adrian Stott <[email protected]> > [email protected] wrote: > > >In a message dated 24/02/2009 15:49:59 GMT Standard Time, > >[email protected] writes: > > > >What do you do in response to that sort of thing? > > > >AFAIA It's the local authority's responsibility to ensure the stores do > not > >allow trolleys to be dumped anywhere they shouldn't. > > Yeah, sure. Always sensible to blame the victim. He's easy to find. > > Hasn't it occurred to you that, before a cart is dumped, it first has > to be *stolen* from a supermarket? So where are the suggestions for > prosecuting the thieves (who are also the litterers)? > > But there you go. Pubs are the cause of binge drinking, soccer teams > are the cause of hooliganism, schools are the cause of oikdom ... >
If a thief breaks into my house and steals from me, the police have a problem. If I consistently leave my door open so that thieves walk in, I have a problem. I know one thing for certain: the police won't be interested in it. You're shooting from the hip again, Adrian. Take a couple of asprin. Sit down in a quiet room. Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
