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Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: OT: Oakland update Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 20:32:58 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 77 Message-ID: <v6fc3r$husq$3@dont-email.me> References: <v6bglm$3qc85$8@dont-email.me> <gVeiO.9545$DsP2.3739@fx16.iad> <spfiO.29312$Vigc.6969@fx07.ams4> <v6d41u$6gvj$2@dont-email.me> <7thk8jd35vimbudcgr7v96cspf5db48crd@4ax.com> <8hsiO.203087$%wo8.189129@fx05.ams4> <iemk8j15d3nkfc2ftq7dk8tne81ou7nblo@4ax.com> <pxtiO.50795$C9He.41769@fx15.ams4> <6s7l8j1scgkn7t48dpf1nja8atov9odjn9@4ax.com> <IvCiO.56505$GVTf.46099@fx01.ams4> Reply-To: frkrygow@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 02:33:00 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c78d5f3ad3e0e9b7ac78c02da25cb9a5"; logging-data="588698"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+CzRX0YO5VSXIEZC2sui7VM0QTva67nj4=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:FdDLr1H1BHlue1cPILeaIgSw5ew= In-Reply-To: <IvCiO.56505$GVTf.46099@fx01.ams4> Content-Language: en-US On 7/7/2024 4:02 PM, Roger Merriman wrote: > Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote: >> On Sun, 07 Jul 2024 09:50:13 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote: >>>> On Sun, 07 Jul 2024 08:24:36 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote: >>>>>> On Sun, 7 Jul 2024 00:03:09 -0400, Frank Krygowski >>>>>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 7/6/2024 1:46 PM, Roger Merriman wrote: >>>>>>>> Tom Kunich <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Sat Jul 6 07:29:19 2024 AMuzi wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Just call 911. >>>>>>>>>> We'll be there at the end of the next shift, maybe. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> https://nypost.com/2024/07/06/us-news/oakland-looters-ransack-gas-station-as-store-owner-sam-mardaie-claims-cops-took-hours-to-respond/ >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> Andrew Muzi >>>>>>>>>> am@yellowjersey.org >>>>>>>>>> Open every day since 1 April, 1971 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Oakland police do nothing but protect those businesses tht pay protection >>>>>>>>> money. I ride by a place all of the time that used to be a Costco but is >>>>>>>>> now some other type of box store. At the entrance top the lot is a police >>>>>>>>> car with its lights flashing.. If theives loot the place I don't think >>>>>>>>> that he would actually shoot anyone but jump in the car and leave. You >>>>>>>>> wouldn't want to be a witness. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You lot certainly need to move considering the problems with crime and what >>>>>>>> not you have! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I keep telling him that. :-/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Some people aren't so timid as to let the bad guys run them out. >>>>>> >>>>> Meh I or Frank aren?t the ones complaining of crime, london is far from >>>>> crime free as you?d expect from a city that size and also is variable. >>>>> >>>>> Roger Merriman >>>> >>>> What's wrong with complaining about crime? It seems to me that it's >>>> one way to facilitate official efforts to reduce crime. >>>> >>> Not on Usenet its not! I rather suspect its the click bate news than say >>> contact with the police/local politicians and so on. >>> >>> Roger Merriman >> >> Seems to me that it's just about as useful to complain about crime on >> Usenet as it is to suggest on Usenet that people should move, or to >> complain about people owning/carrying a gun or riding a bike in places >> and in ways that some people don't approve of. >> > > Granted both have similar levels of probability though complaining on > usenets is absolutely zero, where as Frank is unlikely to convince you and > others. Although they have very little else in common, ISTM the two main complainers about specific crimes are Andrew, with links to tabloid articles, and Tom, with tales that may or may not be true. I complain mostly about America's insanely lax gun policies and the resulting carnage and societal problems. I typically use citations of national data. -- - Frank Krygowski