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Deja Dinkins All Over Again

LowDown

LowDown

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It wasn’t so long ago that things were completely crazy, when guests at cocktail parties chatted about strategies for dealing with muggers (it was widely believed that you should always carry what we called ”mugger money” so as not to anger your attackers). Those who were brave enough to park cars on city streets made sure to remove the stereos when they parked, then place “No radio, nothing valuable in car” signs on their dashboards.

—“NYC, July 1993,” Kyle Smith, the New York Post, July 21, 2013.
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Recently, in San Francisco, where no automobile parked on the street is immune from glass-smashing thieves, some people have taken to posting signs on car windows announcing that there are no valuables inside. “Does placing a ‘no valuables inside’ sign in a car window deter break-ins? Car burglaries are at epidemic levels in San Francisco,” -- the San Francisco Chronicle, yesterday.
 
LowDown said:
Recently, in San Francisco, where no automobile parked on the street is immune from glass-smashing thieves, some people have taken to posting signs on car windows announcing that there are no valuables inside. “Does placing a ‘no valuables inside’ sign in a car window deter break-ins? Car burglaries are at epidemic levels in San Francisco,” -- the San Francisco Chronicle, yesterday.
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Where you unaware that people did things to prevent theft?
 
LowDown said:
Recently, in San Francisco, where no automobile parked on the street is immune from glass-smashing thieves, some people have taken to posting signs on car windows announcing that there are no valuables inside. “Does placing a ‘no valuables inside’ sign in a car window deter break-ins? Car burglaries are at epidemic levels in San Francisco,” -- the San Francisco Chronicle, yesterday.
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Thieves break into cars and steal stuff. Car owners do whatever they can to prevent theft and break ins.

In other news, the sky is blue and water runs downhill. Who knew?
 
Dittohead not! said:
Thieves break into cars and steal stuff. Car owners do whatever they can to prevent theft and break ins.

In other news, the sky is blue and water runs downhill. Who knew?
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So epidemic car burglaries are normal for you?
 
LowDown said:
So epidemic car burglaries are normal for you?
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Car burglaries have been happening as long as there have been cars. Did you not know that?
 
Dittohead not! said:
Thieves break into cars and steal stuff. Car owners do whatever they can to prevent theft and break ins.

In other news, the sky is blue and water runs downhill. Who knew?
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I think the point is that the local gov't/police are doing jack**** to solve the problem. If they did that, there would be no need to place "No valuables inside" signs in your car.
 
LowDown said:
So epidemic car burglaries are normal for you?
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Since they've been going on for decades, they're just a normal part of life. Graffiti, political corruption, and mosquitoes are a normal part of life as well.
That doesn't mean that I, or anyone else likes it, just that there's not a lot we can do about it.
 
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