[entropy12]

I agree with you.

Growing up in my birth country, I recall a thief was caught doing petty burglary in a nearby house to ours. The neighborhood people beat the crap out of the thief with sticks. Guess what, there were no more burglaries in my neighborhood.

I do not propose going to that extreme, but surveillance camera’s are great, and only criminals fear them.

[coaster123]

If you want neighborhood justice then hold court behind someone’s garage.

[grey_whiskers]

You mean like in Hong Kong, dipstick?

[HereInTheHeartland]

“and only criminals fear them.”

The road to a police state is paved with statements like that.

[PapaBear3625]

Growing up in my birth country, I recall a thief was caught doing petty burglary in a nearby house to ours. The neighborhood people beat the crap out of the thief with sticks. Guess what, there were no more burglaries in my neighborhood.

Growing up in my old neighborhood in the US, if you were wandering around, looked like you were casing the place for burglary, and couldn't give a convincing legitimate reason for being there, the local teens would beat you up and tell you not to come around any more.

Later, that tradition declined. So did the neighborhood.

[RedStateRocker]

I don’t think that’s extreme enough. We need to deal with thieves by flogging or the stocks.

Jurisprudence has been straight downhill since Augustus Caesar.