“It takes a huge amount of courage to burgle somebody’s house”

UK judge lets burglar go free: “It takes a huge amount of courage to burgle somebody’s house.” It takes a huge amount of stupid to say that.

Bonfire of the Absurdities: After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.

View Comments (24)

  • It takes a huge amount of courage to break into someone's house and burgle? It takes an even larger amount of bleach, towels, and carpet cleaner to clean up the mess after said homeowner shows the burglar that courage and stupid aren't necessary interchangeable.

  • I'm wondering what I would do if faced with an armed robber. That is, I am wondering what to do after I pumped a clip load of 9mm into him. Do I call the police or simply get rid of the pile of shit er ah the body. I think perhaps the latter. You call the police and you are definitely screwed because they will be required to write a report that sooner or later some liberal-limp-dick will get a hold of. If you dump the body, there is a chance it wont be found and if found there is a chance they wouldn't be able to pin it on me. If they pin it on me, well then I am in the same boat as if I'd have called the police in the first place. I think I would go with the better odds.

  • I have seen the effects of a robber first hand. My cousin was at home one night when a man picked the lock on his front door. My cousin heard the man walking around downstairs rummaging through their stuff. He walked downstairs with his shot gun asked the man what he was doing. The robber turned around and charged him with a knife my cousin shot and killed the man in his living room. He is now being sued by the family of the robber his daughter has been through many therapy sessions and is still afraid to sleep. In the state of SC we have the castle doctrine. In that law it statesd that if someone is illegally in your house or vehicle and wishes to do you or your family harm you have the right to use lethal force. This judge should be kicked from his position and forced to live with the scum that he so admires.

  • Thankfully Mr. Rochford didn't murder someone or the judge would have given him a medal for extraordinary courage.

  • Living here in D-land, my girl and I still argue about what I am going to do if anyone breaks into the house.
    By law, I have to retreat and allow them to do whatever is their intent.
    Ain't gonna happen. She worries I will get deported.

    Guess I had better make sure they never find the body.

    As an after thought, I wonder if this judge is next in line to be robbed, seeing as how he is so understanding and all.

  • I suppose it takes courage to rape and murder as well, huh, judge?

    That judge isn't even human if he can't comprehend the sense of violation to come home and find your home turned upside down by an unknown stranger; to wonder if the criminal is still lurking in the house and just how much of a madman is he? What's he capable of? Your entire notion of safety is utterly gone - for years, if not forever.

    If he's that far divorced from the concepts of emathy and virtue, he needs to be removed from his job and placed in a mental institution.

  • No, he still doesn't beat the court-ordered/taxpayer-funded sex change judge here in the Massachusetts SSR.

  • Insane. But really, it takes no balls or courage to burgle in the old Jolly Olde, since burglars know it is against the law to stop them from burgling, now that the English are totally fooked in the head! They cannot be shot, because its illegal to shoot anyone for any reason, in your home or anywhere else there. If you stab or bludgeon them you have to make sure to kill them, lest they explain to the court they intended you no harm. If you've trained to kill them, then you premeditated murder. If they're raping your sons and daughters you have to call the bobbies and let them handle it when its over. Its the only civil thing to do.

Related Post
  1. DALLAS POLICE SHOOTING: ‘ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE ASSAULT VEHICLE AND TROOP TRANSPORT’
  2. Kim Jong-un was a child prodigy
  3. Top GOP Leader Promises Total Amnesty In 2015