Opinion

“Instead of Gnostics, we have Existentialists and God-is-dead theologians. Instead of Neo-Platonists, devotees to Zen Instead of desert hermits, heroin addicts. Instead of mortification of the flesh, sadomasochistic pornography. As for public entertainment, fare offered on television is still a shade less brutal than that provided by the Roman Amphitheater, but only a shade, and may not be so for long!” ~ WH Auden.
“Aggressive” shoplifting is quickly morphing into armed robbery. This phenomenon is the predictable “next step!”
In recent weeks, two adults and two teenagers formed an “aggressive” shoplifting team that hit a Home Depot in GA. In the process, one of the thieves attacked a store employee, sending the latter to the hospital.
It’s not uncommon now, in the same Atlanta area, for thieves to actually start fires inside of stores so that they can steal merchandise during the “distraction.” These fires cause hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage (in addition to the stolen merchandise), but thieves don’t care, and sleazy politicians who choose to speak for them care even less.
Thieves commit these acts of thievery, combined with criminal violence, with absolute confidence that they will never be arrested, prosecuted, or ever see the inside of a jail.
Of course, leftists/Marxists don’t believe in “private property.” Accordingly, they think thievery and vandalism are not crimes. In fact, in NYC, all of CA, IL, and certainly Atlanta, thievery is now legal. There is never a penalty (nor even so much as an inconvenience) as we see.
In fact, anyone who even suggests that our government, in the personage of police and prosecutors, should exercise their sworn duty to protect us and our hard-earned property can expect to be immediately excoriated as a “racist!”
Property crimes are vigorously prosecuted in any civilized society worthy of the title. Otherwise, we descend into a third-world shithole, which we, in fact, see happening now in the above-mentioned places.
Media-promoted personal-safety advice:
“Go only to well-lighted places, covered by CCTV cameras, and with other people around.”
It is still valid, but it doesn’t come with a guarantee! The average American citizen is probably not thinking about desperately trying to exit a large store filled with toxic smoke.
Times are changing rapidly, and Operators thus have to increase our level of awareness and tweak lifestyles as appropriate. These thieves and vandals, besides being amoral, are extremely dangerous.
At one time, elected officials cared about our safety and the integrity of our valuable personal property that we labored so hard to acquire. We, and it, enjoyed real value in the eyes of our politicians.
Not anymore!
/John
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Oh look, the majority of the crimes perpetrated by the minority that screams racism. Democrats did that.
Armed guards in stores with shoot to kill orders. Until these thieves started dropping dead on the spot it will continue and as I stated before it will only get worse which this article verified.
These people are not citizens, they are terrorists destroying the wealth of America just like George Floyd who was passing fake currency which is what the terrorists do in the middle east to try and destroy our economy. There is no difference in my mind. If he would have lived, he should have been hung for treason.
FJB FBLM FANTIFA
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The author hits the crux of the matter spot on target with the single word “Amoral”. That is the root rot that turns the whole tree bad. No wonder John Adams opined “Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other.”
The cops are not sworn to protect us. The “protect and serve” on the side of the car is only a slogan. Cops exist to take notes after the criminal action has occurred . We have no one but ourselves to protect us. Better advice is to shop with an armed buddy who is aware enough to cover your six. At least you stand a chance that way.
Shoot to kill.
similar to a divorce the saying til death do us part work in these situations because you just can’t fix stupid
The problem is, if you blast one, or more of these MOFOS, the civil right lawyers will crawl out from under every slimy rock!
“Go only to well-lighted places, covered by CCTV cameras, and with other people around.”
well gee whiz beaver, wasn’t the home depot well lit with cctv and many people around? seems like the media industrial complex doesn’t understand criminal behavior.
if leftists/marxists/government don’t think stealing is a crime, do you think they will prosecute people stealing government property? i seriously doubt they will see it the same as someone stealing someone else’s property.
I have been following the insanity at Home Depot for awhile. In the past 12 months in the Home Depot Northwest Division there’s been assaults and several loss prevention specialists have been in knife fights and more fisticuffs than I have time to count. In the Western Division that includes San Francisco and Oakland, it’s the same except it’s worse. In April a California Home Depot Loss Prevention Specialist, 26 year old Blake Mohs, (say his name, right?), was shot to death by a thief. https://www.wsaz.com/2023/04/20/home-depot-employee-killed-trying-stop-theft/ Yet, the retailer refuses to put armed guards into the stores. Home Depot isn’t… Read more »
Poor, poor little black people, treated so terribly in this slave owning country. White people are so horrible, yata, yata, yata, bla, bla, bla…