Does a dead bike thief deserve sympathy

[Swin]

Sounds like a thief got his just desserts really

Shame for his parents, but it's hard to feel any sympathy

[BanannaMan]

Good riddance to bad rubbish.


And TBH,
People publicly grieving someone like this makes me have little sympathy for them as well.

Having had my bike nicked on thursday, he got what he deserved, just hope the innocent party isn't affected badly

I'm a bit torn - Technically i agree just deserts and all that - But, playing devils advocate here, the report states it was as stolen bike, not that he stole it, nor that he rode it knowing it was stolen.

I doubt this to be the case given his past, but let not be jury and executioner until the full facts are known.

[SV650rules]

Originally Posted by 454697819

I'm a bit torn - Technically i agree just deserts and all that - But, playing devils advocate here, the report states it was as stolen bike, not that he stole it, nor that he rode it knowing it was stolen.

I doubt this to be the case given his past, but let not be jury and executioner until the full facts are known.

This blog says owner of bike knew who stole it and told the police, should be easy enough for police to find out if the bloke who was killed knew these lowlife pond scum - they have probably been causing problems for years and taking up valuable police time

http://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2016/12...sh-was-stolen/

[keith_d]

Sympathy for the person he hit - yes.
Sympathy for the parents - maybe. They were responsible for his upbringing
Sympathy for the thief - nope. Just a Darwin award candidate

I don't wish death on anyone but you reap what you sow, for all we know he may have killed someone later in life in this way.
Bike theft is at epidemic levels lately, so it's inevitable the ksi figures for the thieves is going to increase too.

Originally Posted by SV650rules

This blog says owner of bike knew who stole it and told the police, should be easy enough for police to find out if the bloke who was killed knew these lowlife pond scum - they have probably been causing problems for years and taking up valuable police time

http://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2016/12...sh-was-stolen/

Again

Don't disagree with the theory, but based on the article in question we don't have enough evidence to reliably come to a safe conclusion.

But we know the answer don't we, and he had it coming.

rgds

[keith_d]

Originally Posted by 454697819

Again

Don't disagree with the theory, but based on the article in question we don't have enough evidence to reliably come to a safe conclusion.

But we know the answer don't we, and he had it coming.

rgds

This is the Internet - we don't expect to find safe conclusions here.

[SV650rules]

Originally Posted by keith_d

This is the Internet - we don't expect to find safe conclusions here.

The internet is basically full of the opinions of people not qualified to back them up with anything as boring as facts.

A few years ago there was a case of a girl blogging from the middle east (Syria) and some news services were using this source, bet their faces were red when it turned out that the blogs were from a man based in Scotland. The moral is, if you want dodgy information just Google, its all there for the taking.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-tom-macmaster