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Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves by rdtsc on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @01:10PM (#18708903)
The point was that the package owner can make the situation worse for themselves by engaging in a revenge scheme. It highly depends on the local criminal culture. I some countries, I can see a gang deciding that the homeowner needs to be "taught a lesson". Police might catch them even, but the package owner might be in the hospital or morgue by then.
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Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves by CamperBob2 on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @02:28AM (#18713849)
(Shrug) There are worse things than glitter. If I order a gympie gympie plant on eBay and someone steals it off my porch, for instance, I can hardly be held responsible for the outcome. The police will just laugh at the thief, the doctors and nurses will stifle a chuckle or two of their own, and the jury in a civil trial isn't likely to be sympathetic.
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Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves by quotha on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @04:19PM (#18710674)
Yeah, in some countries the criminals are taught a lesson.
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Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves by i_am_nomad on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @12:24AM (#18713253)
We call those countries Texas, Virginia and Florida.
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