Steve Haywood wrote: > 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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