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


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