Burglars

[flip-flop]

I was burgled late last year - nothing of any note taken, and certainly nothing important such as photos (although I guess a burglar isn't interested in such things...I digress), but the thing that peeved me more than anything else is that they left two great big turds slap bang in the middle of the kitchen.

Last night I was speaking to a friend who was burgled last weekend and was also left with a number of turds.

Serious question - why do they do this??? Isn't it enough that they have the temerity to think they have a god given right to somebody elses hard earnt possessions - why drop turds everywhere like an animal???

[Grunty]

Why do men rape women? Why are motorists rude to others from the safety of their cars? Why are internet users rude to others? Why do turds make a mess of your kitchen? These are the opportunities for little, insignificant people to have power over others.

[gary baldy]

I remember reading something about this a bit ago and there was research done. I seem to remember it was two fold. Firstly it was a purely physiological reaction - that burglars get very nervous and feel the need to literally "s**t themselves".
The other reason is more psychological and as Grunty says is to do with violation and humiliation.
My theory is that these peole are vermin and therefore act like it!

[Drusilla]

They have marked your territory in exactly the way an animal would do so, because that is their level of thinking. Its all about a weird sense of power and letting you know you are not in control, even in your own home. Of course, it also shows how depraved and scum like certain people are in this world and how civilised behaviour is merely a veneer that most of us choose to adopt.

I hope the police collected it, because it is DNA evidence, which also shows just how dumb and cretinous most burglars are.

[snook]

You have my sympathies. Scum like this are, as you indicated in your question, like animals (probably of a lower order than most) and are simply acting like them, marking territory, showing their 'power' (how sad and pathetic for them that this is their only means) and generally acting in the most foul and mindless way they can manage to think of.

And of course, while the authorities treat burglary as though it were a minor offence, it will continue. Personally, I think a second offence of burglary should carry a mandatory jail term, and I'm not talking about three months.

(If it was the first offence, and it's in my house, and I was there at the time, there simply wouldn't be a second offence.)

[flip-flop]

Thanks guys - a sense of power eh? sad little cretinous scumbags.

Alas, I got shot of it as soon as I could - which was probably just as well because the police turned up three days after the burglary, and then only seemed bothered about issuing me with a reference for insurance purposes.

Snook - Re; your last point, couldn't agree more: if you step over my threshold uninvited, then in my book you leave all of your rights at the door.

[snook]

Well said, flip-flop. No second chances. No questions asked. Justice. End of.

I'm actually a very gentlemanly sort of person, but if there's one thing well designed to make me forget my manners, it's this kind of sh1t. And sooner or later the authorities will have to deal with the the situation, or leave it to us and let us get on with it.

[johnlambert]

I seem to remember when I served in Northern Ireland an IRA bomb maker who used to sh1t inside the device before it was planted, it was his signature. However, one day he accidently set the thing off as he driving to his latest outrage so, he died covered in his own crap. good riddance to bad rubbish. Shame the same thing couldnt happen to the low life who violated your property flip-flop

[flip-flop]

Hear hear!

[joko]

have you seen the strip of rat-boy in Viz magazine - could be imitating him for a laugh

[sense4all]

We have one little charmer around here who plates it and puts it in the fridge ... the idea being that when you go to make a cuppa to get over the shock .... sheer power games.

[Autry]

You will find this quite often when you have this type of activity. The human body gets worked into such a frenzy that the release of excrement and urine is quite common. Here is an excerpt from a local U.S. paper in my hometown:

The prosecutor said Woodard defecated in four victims� homes, including those of two policemen, but said the suspect didn�t target cops.

"He defecated in at least four residences," Bocchini said. "We�re certain it�s probably more from nerves than anything else, because when he was taken into custody, he also defecated, and that was in his pants."

Police transported the suspect back to headquarters "very carefully" Bocchini said, "on the hood" added chief county detective Al Paglione.

The deposits will actually serve as evidence, according to Paglione, who yesterday said police have collected samples of the feces to be tested for DNA.

"Now we�ll have something to compare it to," Bocchini added.

In two incidents, the suspect broke into police officers� residences while they were at home asleep, Bocchini explained.

We see this all the time in burglaries. Sorry

[enigma]

You have my full sympathy flip-flop. About ten years ago , my first flat with my hubby was broken into and as we were only starting out and had only recently moved in , like most young , struggling couples we didn't have a lot. It didn't stop us being targeted by burglars though and we actually interrupted them which I found terrifying. They blocked the front door with furniture to give them time to jump out of our kitchen window at the back of the property where they had gained entry(hubby had forgotten to secure the window ! ) I sobbed when I saw the devastation which they had left behind. They slashed our sofas with a stanley knife , smashed our pictures,slashed the inside of them , urinated against our walls , stole some of my underwear and scattered the rest over the floor , had the audacity to eat a chinese meal (using our plates) and drink cheap vodka (leaving their rubbish behind for us to clean up) and what they didn't eat , they smeared up the walls and into the carpet. They stole my jewellery , our cds , videos and bits and bobs but what hurt more than anything was that my gran had bought me some ornaments to start of our little flat before she died and these mindless thugs smashed them to pieces. I felt the grief of losing my gran pour all over me again as well as having to contend with the fact that I had been broken into. Thankfully , we hadn't moved in our stereos , tv or anything yet but I think that they were irritated at us not having moved much into the flat and were hoping for a huge haul , not expecting to see us as we hadn't properly moved in yet and were disappointed by what they got or rather didn't , so took there anger out on what we did have.

The police reckoned by the fingerprints that they were about 15 and if caught they wouldn't get much more than a slap on the wrist. If I could have had just 10 mins alone with them however it would have been a different story !