Coremodels
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In the Muslim/Islamic world - they would cut your hand off for stealing a pepper, in China they would shoot you on sight (no trial, no questions, end of story) maybe that is the fear we need to instill in these thieves!
Yes, we really need to learn from China and Sharia Law, clearly they've got their act together.
KingLincolnUrbanEnthusiast
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The bottom line is that if there were severe repurcussions people would think twice about stealing - not married to a solution other than punishing people, who have no respect for property or other people's hard work.
And for all you texters read about what they do in 90% of the world to people, who steal or damage other people's property - it ain't pretty. We need to get back to basics - if you steal IT HURTS - and it's not NO BIG DEAL. You get tired of people messing with your shit and the lack of respect it represents! And yes in most of the Middle East including Sunni Saudi Arabia they catch you stealing a loaf of bread or stealing a green pepper off a cart at the market they will cut your hand off - not a lot of theft or vandlism there either...imho
KingLincolnUrbanEnthusiast
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"Yes, we really need to learn from China and Sharia Law, clearly they've got their act together." Yes, and we are loosing ours!
Coremodels
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You are a crazy person.
Chris Sherman
East Franklinton
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I had this idea to put taggers and copper theives in a cage and do scioto river dunks... Klue can you get the ball rolling on that? Thanks!
Chris Sherman
East Franklinton
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make sure to starve the bears first. oh yeah and put rat poison on the vegetables..
hugh59
Aboard the ultimate power in Olde Towne East
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Heavy duty surveillance. And, when you catch the bastards, they should be criminally punished and sentenced to....100 or 200 hours of community service working in the community garden, growing fruits and vegetables to be given to the people they stole from.
Mercurius
First Avenue
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I actually had some drunk drive their car through both of my raised beds and crash into a peach tree over fourth of July weekend. I was out of town when it happened and somehow no one saw it. I have them rebuilt now - but lost just about my whole crop. It had to do some serious damage to the car.
rus
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Pshaw.
Y'all are talking silly. Like you could even own property to have property rights matter.
People should be grateful they can work to benefit those that don't work, because not working is more morally beneficial to society than working together to produce something.
Let them take what they want, because otherwise they might feel bad about not working.
KingLincolnUrbanEnthusiast
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You've never been to the Middle East, have you?
Actually, I have been to the Middle East...several times.
Well when thieves are breaking into your house, apartment or car to take what they "need" you may have a different point of view...The only thing most of these thieves understand is their own medicine...
joev
Merion Village
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Realistically? Put a box out front with the extra stuff you can't use and label it: free. In large plots, there are always those times - like when all 300 of your onions are ready in a 2 week-span. I don't know about you, but after eating the first 234 onions, I was pretty onion'ed out.
Roland
Clintonville
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Mercurius said:
I actually had some drunk drive their car through both of my raised beds and crash into a peach tree over fourth of July weekend. I was out of town when it happened and somehow no one saw it. I have them rebuilt now - but lost just about my whole crop. It had to do some serious damage to the car.
You are a magnet for strange events. :)
Maybe you shouldn't use the street dividers for your garden next time!
ohiogirlie74
Short North/ Italian Village
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Two words: combat gnomes.
Also, yeah. If stealing a tomato is saving someone from eating a McNugget, cool. Congratulations on bringing a healthful treat to a tummy in need. However, if that's a little too Buddhist for your taste, and if you have commitments to make to local businesses who have opted to use Four Seasons as a vendor, I can see why you'd be salty. In the country, they have deer and turkeys and rabbits... here, you have little old ladies or immigrants who can't read 'keep out.'
A box or an area clearly labeled 'free' would help, or simpler signs with fewer words that explain the expectation of work in exchange for vegetables. Do you provide watering cans/buckets or bins for pulled weeds? I still think most people are inherently good (will be carved on my tombstone).
I have also seen some places zip tie mesh (like onion bags) over tomatoes and other plants so that they can ripen, but can't be plucked.
melikecheese
Merion Village
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I would suggest planting Poison Ivy and Oak as well as other hazardous plants.
Volunteers get training and warnings, those who decide it would be fun to pull out plants get a surprise the next day.
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