Originally Posted by
CliffordK
Are the rope videos fake? I've seen others in the past.
What if the person yells "Stop, that's my bike"... and the thief keeps riding away? They should have some responsibility for their own fate when they reach the end of the rope.
Not really. If taken at face value, the whole premise of the bike skit is that the would be thief does not know about the booby trap until it is sprung - the punchline is that they fall off the bike. Just like the couple in the OP, they've made a video showing how they set the bait, over and over, and wait for the expected result demonstrating they knew exactly what would happen.
Try thinking of the incident as two separate crimes. The couple is being prosecuted for what they intended to do - create a scenario so they could assault people with bats. That is why there is a Conspiracy charge - because they planned it ahead of time.
Whether the bike thief is prosecuted is a completely different case.
Originally Posted by
308jerry
The common man? Compared to the chosen ones that can shoot you for stealing a pack of cigarettes and or refusing to bow down for a friendly strip search.?
And your point is?
Is it that those sort of things happen in a society that believes disproportionately violent punishment should be meted out for minor offenses before a trial by those other than appointed by the courts?
If so, I agree. Having police that act like that is a logical conclusion for a society that thinks its citizens should act like that.