[Dreamtwister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'I') spent part of this morning cleaning off fresh gang graffiti from fences in our neighborhood. As I was powerwashing I had a thought about preventing costly garden vandalism. Currently, those responsible will be dealt a wrist slapping at most. They know this which is why they perform such acts without fear of arrest. So why not pay the local street gang a small protection fee. Seriously, check it out.

The cops obviously can't protect us now, the citizens are mostly afraid of intervening or reporting what they see, so imagine what it will be like a few years in the down the decaying road! I envision the newly recruited criminal street gang wanna be's and prospects would be assigned to stand guard as part of their initiation process. They wil stand vigilant guard duty because they want into the gang and screwing up an assignment as a recruit means Very Bad Things Will Happen to Them. So the gardens will be protected.

Everyone will be happy! No vandalism, the gang picks up a few bucks or some free food, and whomever attempts such destruction gets.... uh.... 'dealt with very quickly'.

[Umber]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', 'A')ssuming these are just punk kids with nothing better to do it frankly would be sweet to see them get the living crap pummeled out of them by a mob

[Concerned]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'T')hose sixteen garden plots contribute little (except discontent) to the city inhabitants. The aggregated garden can't be more than 2,500 sq. feet, just enough to feed one person.These people would do better to join a Maoist Revolutionary Cell and really work for change

[AlexdeLarge]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'F')L,Only one punk would have to end up like that for the destruction to cease.

[WhatMeWorry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'F')L,Only one punk would have to end up like that for the destruction to cease.

[Umber]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WhatMeWorry', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'F')L, Only one punk would have to end up like that for the destruction to cease.

[WhatMeWorry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Umber', 'O')h, yes, It's still vandals. Elected vandals.

[Umber]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WhatMeWorry', 'I') stand corrected!

[Hawkcreek]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')nly one punk would have to end up like that for the destruction to cease.

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[eastbay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Hawkcreek', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')nly one punk would have to end up like that for the destruction to cease.

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[Plantagenet]

Our big problem is moose vandalizing gardens up here in Alaska.



Of course, in another two weeks moose season opens.

[alokin]

My mother told me, when she was young, there where no vandals or theft. And times where much much harder than nowadays.
Something is wrong.
To pay another gang would help this special community garden, but would certainly not help the community as such because it would allow for mafia structures.
There is another thing which is wrong: the neighbours, why didn't they act?

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('alokin', '
')There is another thing which is wrong: the neighbours, why didn't they act?

[alokin]

You certainly don't want to mess with THESE guys!

[Cloud9]

At some point there will be a culture war.

[Ferretlover]

"Nip it. Nip it in the bud." ~Baney Fife.
As sure as I am sitting here, if the gangs are not stopped, you must as well move. First, it is the little stuff, then, they'll want more and more-your car, your house, your money, your life.
OH, TPTB will enact some kind of laws--which will only be taken seriously by the people that wouldn't intentionally break them in the first place--ie: more civil liberties terminated.
Fight or flight are the only two options as civilized civilization erodes.

[Grautr]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'F')L,

Only one punk would have to end up like that for the destruction to cease.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pedalling_faster', '
')this year my garden plot was vandalized in a very unique fashion.

i had about 3 feet by 3 feet dedicated to wheat, basically a seed crop.

someone ripped it out, very thoroughly, but left all the other plants in the ground.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WhatMeWorry', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'F')L,Only one punk would have to end up like that for the destruction to cease.

[IgnoranceIsBliss]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('alokin', '[')b]My mother told me, when she was young, there where no vandals or theft. And times where much much harder than nowadays.Something is wrong.
To pay another gang would help this special community garden, but would certainly not help the community as such because it would allow for mafia structures.
There is another thing which is wrong: the neighbours, why didn't they act?