What, me worry?

[Saturos]

There was a major shootout in some projects in the city close to where I live. It was shocking for people because the city here is known for it's relatively low crime rate and all. All the hicks out here are concerned that the US's crumbling economy is taking it's toll and people are starting to get desperate and that measures should be taken to insure "family security". Mainly low income families in bad neighborhoods for now and there's supposedly a possibility that it may spread into rural and suburban areas with a lighter law enforcement presence. Is anyone else concerned about a possible spike in violence because of the economy in your areas?

What would you do if you had a house full of kids and it was broken into late at night?

 

[Raziaar]

A shootout ensues and the sky is suddenly falling?

 

[Saturos]

A shootout ensues and the sky is suddenly falling?

You really have to have lived in a sleepy town to understand. People in larger cities like NewYork, NY are probably already accustomed to violence anyways.

 

[Raziaar]

You really have to have lived in a sleepy town to understand. People in larger cities like NewYork, NY are probably accustomed to violence anyways.

You said projects. Projects aren't exactly known for being violence free ever since they went to shit.

 

[Saturos]

You said projects. Projects aren't exactly known for being violence free ever since they went to shit.

Even in the projects around here though, the would-be troublemakers seemed pretty content.

Or either they just never got caught doing whatever they were doing before that made the babylon come knocking on their doors, or they simply just had plenty of weed.

Either way, 15 including a few officers got killed.

 

[Dog--]

Sounds like a bunch of pussies including you.

 

[Saturos]

Sounds like a bunch of pussies including you.

Oh, I'm sure Ontario is filled with hardened desperate criminals and you all live the life of big city debauchery. Seriously, I don't ever hear of any exciting criminal activity worthy of any "World's Most Daring" TV shows in Ontario. Who's the pussy now you peace loving Canadian?

 

[swan_song1973]

dude i got a ****ing gang war going on down the street from my dorm. shits real.

 

[VirusType2]

I fear no man, because I am one.

If you sacrifice freedom for security, you will have neither. Just picture the paranoid guy who is afraid to leave his house with 10 deadbolts...

**** that shit. Lock the windows and doors at night as usual, leave some lights on outside, **** off to bed.

 

[Saturos]

dude i got a ****ing gang war going on down the street from my dorm. shits real.

Vids or it didn't happen.

Although it's not too hard to believe. It is Massachusetts after all.

I fear no man, because I am one.

If you sacrifice freedom for security, you will have neither. Just picture the paranoid guy who is afraid to leave his house with 10 deadbolts...

**** that shit. Lock the windows and doors at night as usual, leave some lights on outside, **** off to bed.

I'm not too concerned about it. I'm just worried I might have to waste some poor fool one day to protect someone I love.

 

[Viperidae]

Oh, I'm sure Ontario is filled with hardened desperate criminals and you all live the life of big city debauchery. Seriously, I don't ever hear of any exciting criminal activity worthy of any "World's Most Daring" TV shows in Ontario. Who's the pussy now you peace loving Canadian?

hi im ignerant amerikun hehe

 

[Raziaar]

Even in the projects around here though, the would-be troublemakers seemed pretty content.

Or either they just never got caught doing whatever they were doing before that made the babylon come knocking on their doors, or they simply just had plenty of weed.

Either way, 15 including a few officers got killed.

Babylon? What are they, a bunch of ****ing Rastas?

 

[VirusType2]

I'm not too concerned about it. I'm just worried I might have to waste some poor fool one day to protect someone I love.

Not trying to flame you or whatever, but you are obviously concerned about it, you created a thread about how you were concerned about it, and you have a gun for protection, which means you fear for your life.

It's funny, all the modern technology we have grown up with makes us forget the simple and powerful solutions of the past.

Get a dog. Does a gun sitting on your nightstand wake everyone in the neighborhood up and scare people away? Gun fails. Someone going street to street to rob houses - the last thing they want is a ****ing dog barking.

 

[Saturos]

Babylon? What are they, a bunch of ****ing Rastas?

LOL, there is a high influx of Jamaicans in the area. I was referring to to pigs, bobbies, po-po. Isn't that what the Rastas call them?

Not trying to flame you or whatever, but you are obviously concerned about it, you created a thread about how you were concerned about it, and you have a gun for protection, which means you fear for your life.

It's funny, all the modern technology we have grown up with makes us forget the simple and powerful solutions of the past.

Get a dog. Does a gun sitting on your nightstand wake everyone in the neighborhood up and scare people away? Gun fails. Someone going street to street to rob houses - the last thing they want is a ****ing dog barking.

Already have a dog, but he's dumb as a post. Loyal, but dumb. Seriously, just throw im' a chuck steak laced with arsenic and the criminals would have a field day. Anyways I'm talking about when the s*** really hits the fan though. I mean like, martial law and shit and total chaos, not just a simple burglary. A time when criminals hold little regard for the judicial system and law enforcement and it's either raid homes or starve and go homeless.

hi im ignerant amerikun hehe

Your probably right. Ontario is probably more dangerous than what the American media covers. I don't watch much TV anyways.

 

[Dog--]

Who's the peace now you pussy loving Canadian?

Fixed, motherf*cker.

 

[VirusType2]

L
Already have a dog, but he's dumb as a post. Loyal, but dumb. Seriously, just throw im' a chuck steak laced with arsenic and the criminals would have a field day.

Well, get a dog that barks. Most dogs bark when they hear unusual things going on in the yard.

Also, life isn't a movie. No dog is going to allow a stranger to throw some food at it without barking and shit, at least at first - and if I'm wrong, well, you can keep the dog inside, safe from the poisoned meats of beyond the unknown.

Apparently, you have the Queen's diamonds and pearls up in your crib where crooks have tunneled underground and have a blueprint of your home.

 

[MorganFreeman911]

Fixed, motherf*cker.

I agree with this point.
Saturos is ignorant amerikun.
Discuss.

 

[Saturos]

Apparently, you have the Queen's diamonds and pearls up in your crib where crooks have tunneled underground and have a blueprint of your home.

Damn straight nigga. Gotta protect my bread! :sniper:

 

[repiV]

The worst that ever happens down here is someone gets assaulted in the street once in a blue moon, which then makes front page of the local paper.

Doesn't stop all the people who grew up around here from comparing the city centre on a Friday night to Beirut on a regular basis, mind.

 

[Sulkdodds]

What, the band? I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THE COMPARISON

Where I lived last year had a villain named after him. He was called the Cowley Sex Pest.

 

[repiV]

Hee. It's quite tragic actually, such sheltered lives Devonians have led.

There's a village on the edge of Exeter called Cowley. I think it's probably too quiet to have its own Sex Pest. Maybe a Sex Irritant.

 

[jondy]

There's a village on the edge of Exeter called Cowley. I think it's probably too quiet to have its own Sex Pest. Maybe a Sex Irritant.

Don't underestimate us, broseph, there was a man in Broadclyst known for cycling around in a yellow sou'wester.. and NOTHING ELSE

 

[repiV]

And I bet he was on the front page of the Express and Echo for two weeks?

 

[jondy]

SEX IRRITANT STORMS SECLUDED VILLAGE
Enormous genitals favourably compared to prize-winning marrow​

 

[Naph]

I must say I've never witnessed or have come to the realization that there had been heated violence close to home. But hey, I've can't remember a situation that I've caught a good glimpse of any sort of firearm powerful enough to kill anyone.

Such is the suburbs, and those who live in the 'respectable' side of town.

 

[dfc05]

I can see why Saturos might be concerned. I mean, if fifteen people got shot up near me, I would definitely be at least a LITTLE worried. A few months ago, someone got mugged at gunpoint and whacked with the gun at the intersection I live at in broad daylight, and now I'm at least more aware of my surroundings. If I'm walking around at night sometimes I'll turn around to make sure nobody's behind me, or check to make sure no one's sitting in cars as I walk by. Maybe a little paranoid, but I'd rather not get mugged.

 

[repiV]

SEX IRRITANT STORMS SECLUDED VILLAGE
Enormous genitals favourably compared to prize-winning marrow​

You've definitely been studying the local rags for inspiration.

 

[Krynn72]

Also, life isn't a movie. No dog is going to allow a stranger to throw some food at it without barking and shit, at least at first

Theres a tv show called "It takes a thief" and they break into people's houses to show them that the owners need to beef up their security. Every time there is a dog, it may bark a bit, but it just follows them around nicely and behaving itself. In fact, whenever they go to break in, they just let the dog out of the house, and it just frollicks around the neighborhood for awhile. Unless its trained as a guard dog, dogs wont do shit to protect your home.

Of course, if they see you actually being attacked, maybe they will defend you. If they dont run outside first.

 

[VirusType2]

That's interesting. It may be because the owners teach the dog to stop barking, especially at night when they are trying to sleep.

Just about every dog I have been around barks like crazy if they hear anything outside, especially if someone knocks on the door. It's really annoying.


As for me and my neighborhood, where I used to live, this 14 year old who lived 3 houses down on my small street - he got shot about an inch from his heart. He was just standing at the end of our street on a weekend night, and was a victim of a drive-by from people he had never seen before.

I got home from Burger King, I thought he was laying in the grass at the edge of the road because he was drunk for the first time. I got out of my car at my house and he was moaning and calling for me. Anyway, I went over to him and he had been shot in the chest. I called emergency services and a helicopter eventually came and airlifted him to a hospital. I told this story before.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcJkhSUSnek

 

[sinkoman]

I definitely think my area seems a lot grimier than it did when I used to come visit in the past. Then again, visiting is way different from living :/

I agree with this point.
Saturos is ignorant amerikun.
Discuss.

Such is the suburbs, and those who live in the 'respectable' side of town.

I hope those quotes were added for sarcastic emphasis.

Theres a tv show called "It takes a thief" and they break into people's houses to show them that the owners need to beef up their security. Every time there is a dog, it may bark a bit, but it just follows them around nicely and behaving itself. In fact, whenever they go to break in, they just let the dog out of the house, and it just frollicks around the neighborhood for awhile. Unless its trained as a guard dog, dogs wont do shit to protect your home.

Of course, if they see you actually being attacked, maybe they will defend you. If they dont run outside first.

Because we all know that television is an accurate representation of the real world. When a crook is standing on the sidewalk, scoping out your house, and sees a dog walk past the window, he's going to move one house down the street, not think to himself "oh man that dog is totally not going to bite me when I break into this dudes house".

Even in the projects around here though, the would-be troublemakers seemed pretty content.

What in god's ****ing name do you know about projects? i'm willing to bet that you haven't spent more than 5 minutes in these projects you're talking about, let alone know anything about the general level of contention surrounding them. Oh, my bad, I forgot that nothing's really going wrong until you see it on TV.

Your probably right. Ontario is probably more dangerous than what the American media covers. I don't watch much TV anyways.

What ****ing good would watching TV do? Oh, that's right, I forgot. Television is an absolutely WONDERFUL representation of life. My bad.

LOL, there is a high influx of Jamaicans in the area. I was referring to to pigs, bobbies, po-po. Isn't that what the Rastas call them?

Babylon is the rastafarian term for shitty ass fast paced american city life. It's supposed to be a direct comparison to the Mesopotamian city of Babylon which supposedly sucked balls. Never heard it used to refer to cops, but I guess it'd make sense.

I'm just worried I might have to waste some poor fool one day to protect someone I love.

Oh, my bad mr big bad hardass.

You haven't got a clue about anything, huh? all signs here point to "ignorant **** who has absolutely no clue about anything because his entire image of the world is crafted by the media".

(I need a cigarette...)

I can see why Saturos might be concerned. I mean, if fifteen people got shot up near me, I would definitely be at least a LITTLE worried. A few months ago, someone got mugged at gunpoint and whacked with the gun at the intersection I live at in broad daylight, and now I'm at least more aware of my surroundings. If I'm walking around at night sometimes I'll turn around to make sure nobody's behind me, or check to make sure no one's sitting in cars as I walk by. Maybe a little paranoid, but I'd rather not get mugged.

Your chances of getting mugged skyrocket when you walk down the street looking over your shoulder and scanning around for thugs. Show weakness, and they will prey on it.

 

[unozero]

koreans shot some dude right down my street last year.
Other then that I live in a pretty nice place the people that commit crimes in my hometown don't actually live here.
Still though I'm glad I have my 22. and my dad has a big "bulls eye" 1911 in his room.

 

[Dog--]

All you need man, all you need.

 

[sinkoman]

All you need man, all you need.

Be a man! Use your hands!

 

[Acepilotf14]

Last time my city had a scare was when those school shootings were going on, and some kid went missing along with his parent's gun. Turned out to be a false alarm, though, but I still got a day of school off.

Cool stuff; we were talking to our history teacher and he was asking us exactly why people don't just gang up on a pistol gunman. I mean, 20v1, and he can't kill everyone. Fear, I suppose.

 

[dfc05]

Your chances of getting mugged skyrocket when you walk down the street looking over your shoulder and scanning around for thugs. Show weakness, and they will prey on it.

Well the point would be to spot someone ahead of time and simply avoid them altogether. Maybe I should try developing a really angry walk and nasty glare instead...

 

[VirusType2]

What sinkos is saying is something that police use 24 hours a day:

incongruity

Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in.

The old camper looked a bit incongruous in an upscale neighborhood, but he enjoyed traveling in it.

Looking for something that doesn't fit in, or seem right. For example, to avoid police, the best bet is to go with the flow and don't stand out. Yellow paint, chrome wheels and loud stereo systems, for example. And don't be ducking in the bushes when a police car drives by...

If you want to avoid being robbed or mugged, don't stand out as looking weak with lots of money in a dark alley.

If you don't want to get shot by a banger, don't go out of town walking like a gangster, wearing local gang colors giving people dirty looks.

 

[dfc05]

Sadly on a physical basis I can't really avoid appearing "weak". I'd say most typical college students probably appear weak to muggers. Anyhow, I took a look at my uni's police department tips and they seem to recommend the "be aware and avoid" route:

Be Aware of Your Surroundings – The element of surprise is one of the most effective tools the criminal has. Take away that tool. While walking, take a frequent look behind and to the sides. Be aware of who is there. Often people are absorbed in thought, reading, listening to personal stereos and any number of activities so distracting that a mugger or attacker can virtually be on top of them before they sense his presence. By then it's too late to mount an effective escape.

Walking near dark shadowed areas or areas heavily foliaged can also increase your chances of being surprised by an attacker. Especially while walking alone, give these "hiding places" a wide berth. Even if you must cross a street or take other slightly inconvenient steps to distance yourself from potential hazards, a little inconvenience is far better than a lot of hurt. Again, be aware of your surroundings and don't let these danger areas surprise you.

I think the point is that even though you appear weak, you're keeping an eye out and maintaining so much distance from potential attackers that you can just RUN THE F*** AWAY. Like a rabbit or something. Maybe it wouldn't help if a couple of people were driving in their car stalking you. But I personally think if I were walking down the street and some dude was following me and I turned around and looked at them and maybe pulled out my cellphone, they'd be more inclined to back off. Or at least it wouldn't worsen the situation any.

 

[Acepilotf14]

HOW TO AVOID BEING MUGGED:

stay inside
then you can only be burglarized.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

or raped