Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras

Post by ssl-3 » Sun, Aug 30, 2026, 5:28 PM UTC

lenkite wrote: post #210

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Some combination of desperation and sociopathy. I might suppose that it's usually more the former than the latter, but there's degrees to each characteristic. They perceive that they need things, and they don't necessarily care who they harm to get the things that satisfy this need. (When we dress it up all nice and back it with corporate layers and an army of lawyers, sometimes we get CEOs.)

Or basic simple profit for sociopaths. Organized criminal rings have turned catalytic converter theft into a multi-million to billion dollar+ industry. Its basically steal from the POOR middle-class and make the sociopaths even more rich. Nobody desperate will dare steal from the gangs since its not just death, but PAIN before death.

Post by weinzierl » Sun, Aug 30, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC

lwkl wrote: post #187

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Only when threatened and self-defense has to be proportionate. If someone attacks you with a knife you would not be allowed to defend yourself with a firearm if you had one. This is very different from the law in Texas, where, from what I understand, if you catch someone in the night stealing you could just kill them even if they never threatend you.

> Only when threatened and self-defense has to be proportionate. If someone attacks you with a knife you would not be allowed to defend yourself with a firearm if you had one. Being attacked with a knife means your life is being threatened and using a firearm would be legal even in Germany. The response has to be proportionate to the threat on life or limb not the size of the weapon.

Post by bulbar » Sun, Aug 30, 2026, 5:44 PM UTC

lukan wrote: post #296

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See here for example as reference: https://www.heidelberg-strafrecht.de/notwehr.html > Allerdings gilt besonders hier der Grundsatz, dass das Unrecht dem Recht nicht zu weichen braucht. Man darf sich zur Wehr setzten und muss nicht flüchten. Translation: > However, the principle that wrongdoing need not give way to what is right applies here in particular. One is allowed to defend oneself and is not required to flee.…

Not so easy, "In bestimmten Situationen kann das sonst umfassend geltende Notwehrrecht eingeschränkt sein. Dies ist dann der Fall, wenn die Verteidigung außer Verhältnis zum Angriff steht." "Besonderes gilt bei dem Einsatz von Schusswaffen." "Auch wird das Notwehrrecht eingeschränkt, wenn der Angriff von schuldlos Handelnden wie Kindern, Betrunkenen oder Geisteskranken ausgeht. Hier muss zunächst versucht werden, dem…

Post by phoghed » Sun, Aug 30, 2026, 5:46 PM UTC

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I agree. Insurance is generally a better solution for this than engaging some burglar

I would like to agree, but that's not how insurance works, at least in the U.S. You get your catalytic converter stolen, and you will pay for it three times. The first is you paid for the original one. Then you paid for insurance to cover its theft, and likely your payments over the years have already paid for the catalytic converter a second time. And then after it's stolen, your insurance rates will raise such that…

Post by aidenn0 » Sun, Aug 30, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #90

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It can also mean unjustified/immoral killing, which can be a useful definition (otherwise e.g. a true dictator can never murder anyone).

That’s not a useful definition in a democracy. Who gets to define what’s justified if not the duly elected legislature? I bet if you put the current Texas law on the ballot today you’d get the same answer.