I really gotta agree with you here. I seems to me that anywhere there is a crime problem its because of a similar general lay down and take it attitude. I live out in a suburban (not quite rural) area and work in the city. Where I live (15-20 minutes from where I work) noone locks their cars, houses, or anything. Robbery unheard of here, because everyone's armed (to the teeth) and works really hard for their stuff, and will protect it. Nobody is dumb enough to come here and try anything.
At work, on the other hand, my conti's been broken into twice, and my truck four times(both locked every time). The second most recent one was in the fall just before it got cold here. I walked up (i get out of work 12:00-12:30am, one of like 3-5 people leaving the parking garage at this time) as a guy was slim-jiming the door on the truck. He then proceeded to try to hold me up with said slimjim. It seemed like he actually expected me (I'm 21, stand about 6 foot 8, 310, crazy
) to give up all my money to a 1/32 inch thick piece of metal as if it had worked out for him before. His plans changed pretty quick when I picked up the tire iron I keep in the bed of the truck. I don't bother calling the police anymore, they're no help. I got "well there's nothing we can do, they're prolly blocks away by now" the first 3 times when I called. BTW this garage is city owned, and supposedly police patrolled(yeah right). I don't know how many times I've seen someone else's(people who live near there, and park overnight) car getting broken in to. The people don't react to you, they just expect you to go about your business(i guess that what usually happens there).
Sending these people to jail is a joke too. I mean jail's no vacation, but is it really a punishment? The guy that mugged you couldn't afford a proper firearm, his living arrangements prolly aren't much better than the county pen. Roof over your head, 3 square meals. Hell, if it ever came to the point I was going to be homeless, eff it commit a crime. People complain about "less civilized" societies where if you steal something they cut off a hand, if you lie under oath they cut off your tongue, if you rape somone...well you get the idea. People call those punishments cruel and unusual, I think their pretty just. You use it for wrong, we take it away. Noone ever seems to compare the rate of repeat offenders to ours.
Ron
