Thieves, Authorities, Fools

Can't remember exactly in which country of Europe, not long ago, a man had to appear before court of justice, to defend himself for having photographed with his mobile, some young men who had attacked him. These photos had to be eventually eliminated by court decision because, according to the law, they violated the privacy of these youngsters. Which means even though the photos show exactly how he was being beaten up, when, and whom by, the court would not allow these as proof of evidence. Only fairly recently in England, a similar case was published by the Daily Mail. The protagonist was a 61 year old man, who has an orchard where he planted potatoes, onions, beet-roots and asparagus. During the course of 4 months, thieves had entered 3 times and robbed him of potatoes, onions, beet-roots, asparagus, garden tools, and sets of implements. He got so fed up of it happening so frequently that after the 3rd time, he enclosed his orchard with stake fences with spiky wires all over. Then he received the district town hall's written warning, ordering him to remove all the offensive fences, for reasons of 'public health and security'. Which is to say so that the robbers can enter without hurting themselves! The Man reasoned with the district council, that these stakes and wires were not installed in the middle of the street, but within his own private property, and that only people who enter illegally would be scratched by the prickly prongs, and these were just wired fences, not piranha pits. The reply he got was quite spectacular: ' We are very sorry, but we can't risk putting ourselves in the situation, where the thieves are in the right, to denounce against such a fence that could cause anyone injury.' The Man countered: ' Then tell the thieves to denounce me, so that at least I will then know who had entered my property and robbed me!' No way. Maybe it's time to realize that there are idiots on all levels of the so called civility. Or authority. That the bad options for many are comforts to some fools. Tags: robbers,orchard,piranha

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