Gardener ordered to take down barbed wire fence 'in case thieves hurt themselves on it'

NRO--Corner ^ | 9th October 2008 | Mark Steyn

[rvoitier]

Shouldn't that principle apply to prisons, too?

[rvoitier]

Daily Mail story

Just Stupid.

[WayneS]

U.K. right?

OF COURSE it’s in the U.K. By now, that pretty much goes without saying.

[itsthejourney]

I agree. It’s a shame he put up barbed wire when razor wire does a much better job.

[edcoil]

Two hundred years of history, unhampered by progress.

[Smokin' Joe]

Stupid judge. Just order him to erect an electric fence to keep them away from the barbed wire...

[Malsua]

I'd have some sharpened pungi tomato sticks all over my garden with plenty of trip hazards low lying beauty enhancement features smeared with human feces bacterial bug repellent.

[wac3rd]

The concept, like allowing the illegal invasion, the election of Obama or any other Liberal thought is that even though it is wrong, it’s OK.

This is the demise of Western culture.

Wrong is wrong, and in California, if you do three (3) serious wrongs, you are out (or, in for life). Liberals oppose this, including Rev. Wright.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Razor wire is for pu####s. Put down claymores. To hell with the neighbors.

[antonia]

>snip<

Bill Malcolm, 61, took the drastic step of installing the wire in a bid to prevent burglars raiding his tool shed and ransacking his vegetable plots.

Intruders have struck three times in four months, stealing more than £300 worth of hardware, including spades, forks and hoes as well as destroying his potato patch.

The fed-up gardener surrounded his 600 square yard site in Worcester with a single strand of barbed wire, which stood no more than waist high.

But his local council declared the security measure was a health and safety hazard and warned him they would forcibly remove it if he refused.

>snip<

The council members should be made to remove all the locks from their homes.

[wally_bert]

It would keep my looney 0bama worshipers out of my hair.

One thing I thought about and it may exist in some form is a bouncing betty that doesn't have a charge but would pop up and intensely spray money trap dye or prussian blue at a short range. That would help in the burbs to know if a nosey neighbor has been too nosey.

[messierhunter]

The council members should be made to remove all the locks from their homes.

And glass from their windows. Burglars might hurt themselves on the glass shards when they break in.

[IYAS9YAS]

Not just the UK. Right here in the southwest, too. Can’t use barbed wire for my fence if not zoned for agriculture.

[Salgak]

Claymores. Bouncing Bettys. And a in-ground sprinkler-system with a choice of extreme Hot Pepper Sauce (500K Scovilles and up. . . ) or Kerosene and a sparker. . . .

Now THAT is Home Security (evil grin)

[MrB]

This is the demise of Western culture. Which is based on the Judeo-Christian worldview,

which is highly respective of private property.

Yes, this viewpoint of protecting thieves is anti-God.

[WayneS]

Wow!

We don’t have that restriction in Virginia...

...at least I HOPE we don’t!

;^)

[WayneS]

I use skunk scent in the Bouncing Betties on MY property.

[bigheadfred]

Right here in the southwest, too.

Northwest, too. OMG, it's a CONSPIRACY, wonder who I can blame???

[mlocher]

I vote for land mines.

[WayneS]

Last week we learned that gardeners on these “counsel” plots have already been required to remove the locks from their tool-sheds....

[WayneS]

Well isn’t it OBVIOUS?

Blame George W. Bush, of course!