Man arrested over wi-fi 'theft'

[Ardesco]

Isn't that a bit like saying women who dress "tarty" are asking for it or it serves people right who don't have 50 locks on their doors and intruder alarms deserve to be burgled and it's their fault?

IMHO it's more like saying, look there is a tap you can get water from over there and you're thirsty. There is nothing on the tap saying it is private, or that you need permission to use it, but when you get some water from the tap to quench your thirst a couple of CSO's jump you and arrest you for drinking water that does not belong to you.

[TheFaQQer]

Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.

[richard-af]

Tarty Women: Yes or No.

[chicane]

Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.

To be fair, he wasn't telling porkies. He just wasn't stating what type of crime he intended to be tough against.

[TheFaQQer]

To be fair, he wasn't telling porkies. He just wasn't stating what type of crime he intended to be tough against.

Or defining "crime".

Hug a hoodie, that'll help.

[fzbucks]

Isn't that a bit like saying women who dress "tarty" are asking for it or it serves people right who don't have 50 locks on their doors and intruder alarms deserve to be burgled and it's their fault?

NOOOOOOOO

It's like saying I am in a developed country's capital city and my laptop is picking up a signal, maybe per chance this street is covered by a wifi hotspot.

that would be my defence anyway - but there is still no comparrison between this and your analogy.

closer would be

"isn't it like going into a brothel....etc

[gables]

IMHO it's more like saying, look there is a tap you can get water from over there and you're thirsty. There is nothing on the tap saying it is private, or that you need permission to use it, but when you get some water from the tap to quench your thirst a couple of CSO's jump you and arrest you for drinking water that does not belong to you.

Hmm, if it was a tap in public i.e. a drinking fountain then you'd be right. Your analogy in the case though would mean using someone's outside tap i.e. attached to their house which is obvioulsy private and you would be trespassing.

[wendigo100]

Isn't it more like not paying for a TV licence? The felon isn't costing anyone anything.

Except not paying his "fair share" of course.

[milanbenes]

when people have opinions like this I am saddened by the state of society:

'No, but as a responsible citizen you shouldn't actually be leaving your car or house unlocked, or valuable jewellery on your living room window sill. That's more or less an open invitation.
'

very sad that it is accepted that people are allowed to try to steal your belongings and it is your fault for not securing them enough or keeping things hidden.

Milan.

[milanbenes]

furthermore, I am always amazed when for example I am in Vienna and I see builder's lorries parked overnight with all kinds of equipement in the back not welded down, I think to myself, wow, that would be gone in the UK

very sad and it is accepted in the UK !!

Milan.