Robbed in Nassau

[daletournier]

Rognvald, What's my secret? Seriously? Maybe I just haven't filled my profile in? Maybe it's just not important to me? I could put "adventure sailor" like you have on your profile, would that be better?
Anyway complete thread thrift, ive stated my opinion , for what its worth and don't have anything more of value to add, I'll leave it at that. Have a nice day.
Cheers Dale.

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[amytom]

When it's dangerous to be a criminal there will be less criminals; rich or poor.
I've had a few opportunities to practice what I preach and those thugs will hopefully think twice before trying again.
When the courts and potential victims treat the thugs as the worthless waste of oxygen they are then we can hopefully sleep easy whether or not we lock ourselves in.


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[Jason Flare]

How much can this guy expect to take if he swims to the boat naked?

[donradcliffe]

Originally Posted by PortHoleDiver

I agree, I would not have put pants on. I would have pulled the trigger first and dressed as I called the police with the suspect dead or wounded on the boat. I am an LEO of 20years and it's in the training. NO ONE is getting in my salon without meeting my H&K.

Please read this thread and tell us what you would have done in that situation.

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...cia-94877.html

[daletournier]

Originally Posted by donradcliffe

Please read this thread and tell us what you would have done in that situation.

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...cia-94877.html

So what was the end result? Was he convicted?

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[GordMay]

Originally Posted by daletournier

So what was the end result? Was he convicted?

Eric Sommer’s murder trial was, once again (?for the 28Th time?) adjourned, last year (2015). He’s been imprisoned since May 12, 2012. I don't know what's happened since.
SLUCRD2012/1053 ➥ http://www.eccourts.org/wp-content/f...rch202015r.pdf

[boatman61]

Cheers Gord...!!

[MarkJ]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Eric Sommer’s murder trial was, once again (?for the 28Th time?) adjourned, last year (2015). He’s been imprisoned since May 12, 2012. I don't know what's happened since.
SLUCRD2012/1053 ➥ http://www.eccourts.org/wp-content/f...rch202015r.pdf

Thanks Gord,

It doesn't matter if the cruiser is right or wrong, the chances are the attacked cruiser will spend years and years in some stinking jail awaiting trial to prove 'self defense' whilst their boat is picked over and rots.

Its just not worth it to gun down locals when all you had to do was lock the bloody door!


Mark

[a64pilot]

Thankfully most thieves are sneak thieves, that is they want to sneak in, get what they are after, and slip away.
If confronted by a light shining in their face, or a locked / barred companionway, they simply slip away, same if they awaken you, they flee.
Only the rare one will go about tearing his way though a locked entryway, after he hears you moving around and hollering. Either way I believe your in a better position if your awake and they are outside, than if you awaken with them in your face.

I refuse to Ghetto up my dinghy / motor and or the boat, I take too much pride in them for that.
I'll make mine hard to board which she already is, dinghy in davits, and keep the cockpit lights on, maybe add a motion sensitive 12V flood light, and install bars on the companionway and two hatches big enough to drop through.
That will deter most thieves I believe.

[rwidman]

1) That gun didn't do you much good, did it?

2) Why didn't you call the police first, not ask the guards to do it?

3) Crime can happen anywhere, even in the good old USA. Lock your boat.

[rwidman]

Originally Posted by amytom

When it's dangerous to be a criminal there will be less criminals; rich or poor.
I've had a few opportunities to practice what I preach and those thugs will hopefully think twice before trying again.
When the courts and potential victims treat the thugs as the worthless waste of oxygen they are then we can hopefully sleep easy whether or not we lock ourselves in.

And when do you expect that to happen?

[IdoraKeeper]

[QUOTE=Wakey;2037646]No zhag, it's not different. I was going to explain this to you but common sense is lost on romantics.

Wealth does not offend poor people, just liberals.



I think Z in her way is trying to explain CONTEXT. Your point is not relevant in the CONTEXT in which she is living. I would assert that brutal hard work and serious aggression exist side by side in the 3rd world. There is a serious disconnect between work and reward. There is no circumstance whatsoever that will connect the two...the only way to get anything is naked aggression. People in those circumstances care less for your truth, even less for your values. Hence, El Chapo. In that context, its your world turned on its head. Wealth is not evidence of virtue but the personification of evil. Trying to apply North American values to that context is viewed at best as simple stupidity and at worst as outright provocation. Want to get robbed, assaulted, screwed over? Just display how evil you really are. Just sayin.....

[rwidman]

Originally Posted by alctel

Nothing I own is worth me killing someone else over. If that makes me a 'victim' then I think we have very different definitions of the word!

Same here. That's why we have insurance.

I want to see them arrested and sent to jail but I'm not going to execute them for stealing a stereo.

[boatman61]

[QUOTE=IdoraKeeper;2039600]

Originally Posted by Wakey

No zhag, it's not different. I was going to explain this to you but common sense is lost on romantics.

Wealth does not offend poor people, just liberals.



I think Z in her way is trying to explain CONTEXT. Your point is not relevant in the CONTEXT in which she is living. I would assert that brutal hard work and serious aggression exist side by side in the 3rd world. There is a serious disconnect between work and reward. There is no circumstance whatsoever that will connect the two...the only way to get anything is naked aggression. People in those circumstances care less for your truth, even less for your values. Hence, El Chapo. In that context, its your world turned on its head. Wealth is not evidence of virtue but the personification of evil. Trying to apply North American values to that context is viewed at best as simple stupidity and at worst as outright provocation. Want to get robbed, assaulted, screwed over? Just display how evil you really are. Just sayin.....

I think all those Mexicans who have moved to the US from Mexico have influenced the mentality of the American Public...
It seems from what I read here and on FB etc Wall Street, Big Pharma, Monsanto.. Blah, Blah... Wealth is the Personification of Evil..
El Chapo Legalised...

[amytom]

Originally Posted by rwidman

And when do you expect that to happen?

Sadly no time soon. Soft on criminals and blame the victim seems to be all the rage lately.


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