It seems that English-speaking people world-wide are genetically predisposed to insanity.
How else explain this?
What would they do if the man didn’t have property they could threaten?
Seize the dog instead? Where would they keep him? In some humane kennel somewhere, I guess. Then they could threaten euthanize the dog until the subject paid.
And Arabic speakers are predisposed to terrorism and murder. Seriously, that is a pretty broad brush. Besides, they may not be English speakers. They might be Welsh speakers. As much as I enjoy speaking Welsh, I'm eternally dismayed by their embrace of socialism.
What would they do if the man didn’t have property they could threaten?
There's always imprisonment, torture, execution or exile. Lots of options available to tyrannical government.