tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post6284657125506340298..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: News from another planet.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26577445280434001912010-03-23T17:04:02.333-04:002010-03-23T17:04:02.333-04:00Mikee,
"Incarceration works. Criminals off t...Mikee,<br /><br />"<i>Incarceration works. Criminals off the street don't do street crimes.</i>"<br /><br />That's why I specified a "<i>1-in-4 chance of getting caught and having to face the justice system</i>" and not a "<i>1-in-4 chance of getting caught and incarcerated</i>." ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33183269095921693492010-03-23T15:16:24.186-04:002010-03-23T15:16:24.186-04:00The criminal element is supposedly a small number ...The criminal element is supposedly a small number out of the population; each criminal performs many, many crimes before arrest, and often many more before incarceration, and often many more again before re-incarceration. <br /><br />Incarceration works. Criminals off the street don't do street crimes.<br /><br />I don't know the gun/knife laws of Bolivia, but carrying a machete can't be illegal everywhere, and might have a pre-crime deterrent effect as effective (for the one carrying) as shooting after the fact.<br /><br />tw: pugnesse, which is what the Bolivian women need to protect their purses.Mikeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-800236371877456062010-03-22T21:54:49.545-04:002010-03-22T21:54:49.545-04:00Oh, I have no problems with someone doing it, I ju...Oh, I have no problems with someone doing it, I just wonder how I feel about someone finding it an economically profitable niche to fill...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27295318680976660652010-03-22T18:51:58.326-04:002010-03-22T18:51:58.326-04:00It's not a novel solution at all IMO.
Life ha...It's not a novel solution at all IMO.<br /><br />Life has risks. Insurance companies underwrite risks. We have fire insurance, medical insurance, and life insurance. <br /><br />If a company can profit doing something that does not involve infringing the liberty of another person, then more power to 'em.Brittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24450988905377013582010-03-22T15:43:21.579-04:002010-03-22T15:43:21.579-04:00Hmmm. Grenade in purse, pin attached to a ripcord...Hmmm. Grenade in purse, pin attached to a ripcord latched to the belt. Pop goes the weasel?Fenrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693829962075093381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22800368910890888752010-03-22T14:49:58.587-04:002010-03-22T14:49:58.587-04:00My insurance is on my hip.My insurance is on my hip.kahr40https://www.blogger.com/profile/09754171029424212677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89318846730197989192010-03-22T11:25:26.319-04:002010-03-22T11:25:26.319-04:00Isn't that a variation on the old standby, &qu...Isn't that a variation on the old standby, "Can you outrun 230 grains of lead at 850 feet per second?"<br /><br />I always thought that was a great saying for a business card.<br /><br />Regards.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123244406605096484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11798811245741063792010-03-22T09:31:22.531-04:002010-03-22T09:31:22.531-04:00I thought Purse-Snatching Insurance was a cocked a...I thought Purse-Snatching Insurance was a cocked and locked 1911 loaded with Speer Gold Dots, in the hands of the victim?<br /><br />-RobRevolver Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745371069603827032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83423417540740729862010-03-22T08:28:08.166-04:002010-03-22T08:28:08.166-04:00Ohhh, me, me, I know this one.Ohhh, me, me, I know this one.Buffboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13886692297373687173noreply@blogger.com