Thank you, niknak, for altering the tone of this thread with your insulting rermarks. Would you prefer me to comment admiringly on the excellent planning and daring execution of the raid? A crime of this type has every indication of an act motivated by anti-social impulses, of the kind frequently demonstrated by a-socialised young people. Absent extreme nimbyism, which is not impossible but seems unlikely, there is no other likely motive for what appears to be pure vandalism. If you read my post, you might notice that I exposed myself to a different type of flaming from yours, by indicating that it is even possible to regret the conditions which generate the typical perpetrators of anti-social behavior, ranging from graffiti, through joy riding, to this sort of thing. I even said, and now repeat, that I can sympathise with the socially excluded (although this does not detract from my unequivocal condemnation of this incident and of its perpetrators). No one has flamed me for that, this being perhaps a reflection of the usually tolerant and good mannered ethos of this forum.
Last edited by FNG; 16th Apr 2003 at 19:30.