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Re:Lock Pick Laws, Rules and Regulations: Is the Hobby a Cri... by markdown on Thursday November 19, 2015 @02:53AM (#10593364)
> And a comment that's hard to disagree with: > "We used to hang horse theives no reason not to hang bike theives."

Really? You find it hard to disagree with killing a man who steals a bike?... metal and rubber?

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Re:Lock Pick Laws, Rules and Regulations: Is the Hobby a Cri... by celticninja on Thursday November 19, 2015 @03:22AM (#10593451)
Not to agree with killing someone but a bike is more than metal and rubber. Sometimes it is your method of transport to and from work or other more important things.
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Re:Lock Pick Laws, Rules and Regulations: Is the Hobby a Cri... by TeMPOraL on Thursday November 19, 2015 @04:02AM (#10593592)
And sometimes it's a gift from your father, a thing you really enjoy using. Sometimes it is your method of spending time with friends.

Sometimes it is the last gift your father ever gave to you.

(No, I'm not injecting any personal bias here at all.)

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Re:Lock Pick Laws, Rules and Regulations: Is the Hobby a Cri... by TeMPOraL on Thursday November 19, 2015 @04:03AM (#10593599)
No, of course I don't. It was a poorly executed hyperbole on my part.

That said, I believe as a society we should be cracking down much harder on bike thieves.

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