Comment by hn_throw_250910
1 day ago
I like the Tom Clancy vibes of this. There’s a Sum of All Fears in there somewhere.
On a more serious note this reminds me of the crime occurring in Canada. They have a car theft pipeline in place with paperwork at the MOT level. The cars end up being shipped to Africa in less time than you might think - this is one outcome, but there are others. Nobody really “cares” enough even though one of the mayors stated everyone they know in their neighborhood has had their car stolen.
The war was already lost, at home and abroad.
Canada also recommended to leave residential doors unlocked with the car keys in plain sight to reduce the chances of property damage and personal harm when the thieves come for your car, so Canada can get stuffed.
I thought this was made up nonsense, but for those who are thinking the same thing as me, a Toronto police officer really recommended doing exactly this [0].
[0] https://globalnews.ca/news/10359055/leave-car-keys-the-front...
I love how "a Toronto police officer suggests" becomes "Canada recommends".
Recently a man was shot and killed in a home invasion defending his family (also in Ontario). The police first claimed it was a targeted killing (implying the man was a gang member), then when that turned out false, the police said you should comply with home invaders instead of resisting...
https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-top-cop-wa...
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“Rules based order.”
Next they’ll be charging the victims for not following these rules.
It's good advice. Losing a car is much less worse than personal injury or worse. Everybody's a toughguy until a methhead who can't feel pain stabs you 15 times. Should the police crack down? Sure, but they aren't magicians, crime isn't gonna magically dissolve tomorrow. In the mean time, keep yourself safe by not inviting harm.
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Are you able to unpack that more? Are people not proud of themselves and their culture? Do they not want to prioritize the safety of themselves and their possessions?
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I hope you haven't extended that thinking-exercise to murders and more.
The Broken Window Fallacy strikes again!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window
TL;DR - If you spend money to fix a broken window, you don't spend that money to replace your shoes.
Thanks, I hadn't heard of that parable before
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This is a classic example of Poe's Law. If it's satire, it's brilliant. If it's serious, well ...
I don't know, as European resident it's serious and working solution.
Maybe people would if transit stations weren't de-facto homeless shelters and if it were safer to do so...
Yah I wouldn't recommend public transport in Toronto to anyone lol.
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When the government can't succeed in making public transit appealing, I guess they fall back on letting thieves steal everybody's cars so people have no other choice, Lmao.
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