We'll Change Law On Killing Burglars

[sasguru]

- think "Cobra" the movie, if those guys were breaking into my car I'd certainly wish I had plenty of ammo and guns

Ah I see. In the absence of any meaningful life experience, you get your ideas from bad films.

[RichardCranium]

What if they just touched your car. Is that a death sentence too?

In parts of South Africa, it is.

What was that gas discharge mechanism? The one that at the press of a button dumps a load of liquid flammable gas on the road and ignites it, thereby torching the potential car-jacker.

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I don't think there should be any 'test' for self defence. If they're in your property for no good reason, then it's open season as far I'm concerned.

[sasguru]

I don't think there should be any 'test' for self defence. If they're in your property for no good reason, then it's open season as far I'm concerned.

Indeed. That's why threads such as these are so tedious.
If you kill a burglar on your property after a fight, English law is absolutely fine with that.

[ookook]

Personally I wouldnt even debate it - If someone broke into my house while i was in there then that gives me a "reasonable fear" of being murdered, or certainly enough of one to make a convincing case in court.
So I'd definately use all force possible without any concern for the burglar. I might go to court, I might get charged and sentenced to small term, but rather that than be dead.

[RichardCranium]

I actually think that once some little scumbag has dared to set foot in your property uninvited you should be allowed to do whatever you want with them.

I feel an experiment in extremes is required. Such as, does your brave new world include fantasy punishments?

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To catch one such little sod in the act and bash him across the back of the head with some suitable object. Then drag him downstairs to the cellar. There I tie him to a beam by his ankles and hang him upside down. I put tape over the little git's mouth and leave him for a couple of days. Once he has finished tulipting and pissing over himself, the torture can begin. He can be upended and hung from the wrists, with his arms behind his back. A day like that will be unpleasant. Then the fingernails and toenails are favourites to start on; pliers will have them out in no time. So that is best done slowly. Then I break the bones in his fingers, one every five minutes. That'll take 2 or 3 hours. Then the next day repeat the process on his toes.

The shins and forearms can be broken with a club hammer, I expect.

Then I could peel off strips of skin, taking care not to damage any large blood vessels. The aim is to remove 80% of all his skin without him losing much blood.

After that, just leave the little sod to die of thirst. But should that be done with the light on, or off? Either way, leaving a lit candle just beneath his hanging form should help speed the dehydration process.

I am sure there are plenty of folk out there that could think of much worse, much slower, punishments.

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Should we be allowed to do that?

[ookook]

Only to recruitment agents

[EternalOptimist]

It wouldnt work. If you hung someone up by the wrists, then broke their forearms, they would come apart and fall to the ground.
Like wise, a lot of the stuff there would just create a 'bleeder'.

Thats why you never have someones goolies off with a razor. too much blood.
Four inches of barbed wire an an incontinence nappy is the way to go.

[sasguru]

I feel an experiment in extremes is required. Such as, does your brave new world include fantasy punishments?



Should we be allowed to do that?

Stop, you're giving AtW a hard-on.
Problem is he can't afford curtains, and Crusty blinds don't work.

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I feel an experiment in extremes is required. Such as, does your brave new world include fantasy punishments?



Should we be allowed to do that?

And what do burglars regularly do to some of their victims?

All best off, open season.