Boltar wrote:
Good. They weren't young boys , they were in their twenties and were
vandalising a train. I'd call that a result.

You know you're going to get the do-gooders coming on saying "But these
poor kids have a family.. they didn't deserve to die.. would you
suggest killing someone for stealing a chocolate bar in a corner shop"
etc, don't you?

It's clear that these people knew what they were doing. I was in
America last week and there was an accident where two 17 year olds were
killed on motorcycles, having been drinking and street racing. I was
quite surprised to see that the media and even friends blamed them for
their stupidity. Rather than saying 'Poor lads' or 'it was a tragic
accident' or blamed someone else (the bike manufacturers or something),
they were quite clear - a stupid 'accident' that wouldn't have happened
if they hadn't been idiots.

Perhaps it's time we started to think the same way about these things
(it doesn't mean you don't have sympathy for the family, especially if
they didn't know what their kids were doing). You just know that over
here, there will be an inquiry and a family will possibly end up suing,
and winning, compensation from LUL, the driver or maybe the security
guard/s for scaring them and making them panic...

All in all, it seems like rather effective crime prevention. Two people
who won't be out tonight damaging property.

Jonathan