If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

- George Washington

Sunday 1 July 2012

Motorcycle theft - please help

A biker in London had his bike stolen recently.  Frustrated with the lack of police action, he put up his own website, http://www.motorbikethieves.com, with CCTV pictures of the perpetrators. Have a look at it here.






I sympathise with the loss of the bike (a Triumph, too!), and I feel lucky that where I live there is very little crime of this sort.  I also agree wholeheartedly with his anger at commentators who say that it's his own fault for not locking the bike more securely.  You should be able - should be able - to park your bike or car anywhere with the keys in, and find it unmolested when you get back.  Just like a woman should be able to go out wearing a short skirt and not be raped.  Blaming the victim is something the Left do so well - as long as the victim isn't in an 'approved' group.  Anyone of a Libertarian bent will find a lot to agree with in the biker's remarks.  (Another thing to annoy the independent and freedom-loving - the Police advised him not to put the website up, as it may "interfere with the investigation".  What investigation? he might be justified in asking.  But typically, the citizen is again advised to remain passive and powerless, while the 'authorities' get busy with doing very little.  The power remains with us, Sonny, and don't you forget it.)


Good luck to him with his website and I hope someone shops the scum who stole the bike.  Not that I have any faith that anything would happen if they did, mind you.


H/t to Gareth Owens, on whose blog I found the story.


12 comments:

  1. I say good for him on putting up the site, maybe someone will recognize the buggers. I am sure the police are busy with other crimes and although they say they are on the case, it is low priority.

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    1. The reason people feel so angry about things like this is because the police are 'too busy' to deal with a 'low priority' theft of a person's cherished property - and yet call someone a rude name or make a questionable joke, and they will be there in minutes, handcuffs at the ready. It's the priorities, not the resources.

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  2. Robert the Biker2 July 2012 at 11:21

    Put bounty on the useless shit, they'll probably turn each other in. The secret is to say the information will NOT be wasted on the police.

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    1. XX The secret is to say the information will NOT be wasted on the police. XX I always findit much more efficient to give the info to my friends in the red and white.

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    2. Robert the Biker2 July 2012 at 13:57

      Quite so, nothing says 'bad choice' like a size 12 in the ear. I do recall a certain 'club' do where a scrote was caught trying to unbolt bits from a bike; after dragging him up on the stage and showing him to the punters, said scrote was unceremoniously chucked off into the crowd. I believe he ended his carrier as a thieving git due to certain permanent physical injuries.

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    3. As a peace-loving, non-violent, non-confrontational, let's-all-discuss-this-like-adults kind of person, I would cheerfully break someone's legs if they did this to a bike of mine.

      Mob justice, because the other kind isn't working.

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    4. Robert the Biker2 July 2012 at 18:18

      Yes, and the 'lets-all-get-along'mongs and handwringers should remember that historically, the vigilance commitees have only ever formed when the law was seen to be powerless or corrupt. Seems to me that law in this country is rapidly becoming both.

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    5. Robert the Biker3 July 2012 at 12:52

      Above was addressed to those who blame crime on 'poverty' and 'social exclusion' like these scrotes are going to eat the bike or use it to go and get a job. Crime is caused by greed and laziness.

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  3. I've Tweeted this, and it's been reTweeted. Let's hope someone recognises them.

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  4. There are various sites where motorcyclists help each other to get their stolen motorcycles back. Just register to these sites, I hope this helps....

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  5. I hope the guy who lost the bike has been told this.

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