Comments on: Serial vandals wreck tractors and trees during multiple attacks on new Dolores Park playground site

By: anti-hipster

anti-hipster — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:36:44 +0000

Hipsters can only stand guard with pabst blue ribbon. They run at the first sign of trouble! They only complain and annoy.

By: Rudy

Rudy — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:15:18 +0000

Troll.

By: Atomica

Atomica — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:42:20 +0000

Exactly my thought. They would have saved a ton of $$ by hiring a security guard or two.

By: truth

truth — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:54:34 +0000

I never went back and read it. Were they good? Did the community rally around the downtrodden bloggers?

By: wizzer

wizzer — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:11:41 +0000

Why don’t ya wait for it get finished before you mouth off about what you don’t like?

By: GG

GG — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:14:14 +0000

Also, there’s a big difference between painting/tagging a concrete structure (which has no effect on its intended use) and smashing lamps, destroying equipment, etc. — which impairs intended use of the structure in a meaningful way.

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:07:03 +0000

Hey “truth” — nothing to say regarding the “Super Bowl plans?” postings?

By: truth

truth — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:17:12 +0000

The only difference between a felony and a misdemeanor is the amount of time the max sentence can carry (under or over six months). This is certainly a felony, albeit a minor one, because of the amount of damage alleged.

Most felonies like this will be plead down if it’s the offender’s first conviction. California has pretty strict restitution statutes and, if caught and convicted, the offender will likely have a restitution judgment attached to the conviction for the amount of the damage. This is how a civilized system of justice should work. Those of you calling for corporal or capital punishment would be more at home in Fallujah than the Mission.

By: my opinion

my opinion — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:31:29 +0000

Vandals tagging: Infraction. Vandals killing trees: Felony(In my book). Differnet kinds of Vandals, but Joe Citizen usually wants to chop off all their hands and let god sort ‘em out.

By: chalkman

chalkman — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:22:17 +0000

break hands not jaws

By: truth

truth — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:54:48 +0000

I think the point was that it’s sort of fucking insane to think breaking jaws or the death penalty is an appropriate response to vandalism.

By: wizzer

wizzer — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:50:39 +0000

I’m glad you said the word “meaningless”,cause that says it all.

By: plumpy

plumpy — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:17:36 +0000

You realize damaging the equipment means it’s going to look more like a turd and less like a playground for a lot longer, right? Yeah, it sucks, but why go out of your way to slow it down even more?

By: En-Chu Lao

En-Chu Lao — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:55:05 +0000

By the time that Puppet Lee gets permission from Puppet-master Pak, it’ll be the Year of the Parakeet.

By: David

David — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:38:06 +0000

concussionland +1