Re: Homeinvasion, cower to live?

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From: Lyle Beaudoin
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 00:00

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Michael wrote in message <7ilv8a$6sl$1@garnet.nbnet.nb.ca>...
>With all the different responses to home invasion in this thread, maybe the
>best thing to do when a burgler forces his way into my home is to plead
with
>him not to shoot me and my family with his big gun, hey, maybe he will go
>away if I give him my wallet while I'm at it, and tell him where the hidden
>safe is as well before I scuttle away, if I can, that is. I know, I'll just
>have fresh cookies ready every night on a plate in the kitchen in case poor
>Mr Burgler is hungry on the job, it will reinforce his behavior, and he may
>be nice to me and let me live:)

I think there's more satisfaction in letting him get the television, then
shooting the TV as he makes his getaway.  It might not be more practical,
but certainly more satisfying, at least to me.

"Shit, man.  Then the bastard shot the TV.  What good is a TV with a hole in
it?  I oughta sue!"

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From: "Lyle Beaudoin" <lbeaudoin@home.com>
Subject: Re: Homeinvasion,  cower to live?
Date: 1999/05/30
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