Scott Doyle Verified

Sucks that the dude lost his life trying to scrape together a few bucks. If only he'd have gone about it via legal means...

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Lisa Lawrence Merritt Verified

Word: http://Rotten.com

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Pavel Lishin Verified

Stupid people with short-sighted get-rich-quick schemes won't be distracted by the glamorous life-style of a hobo-pushing-a-cart-full-of-cans. I'm pretty sure they'll keep stealing copper.

Because, you know. That's more respectable.

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Suza Kanon Verified

nobody is getting rich off stealing copper except the scrap metal yards that are buying the stuff no questions asked and a legislature that could care less.

the economy is bad enough for crime to just get worse these days. its unfortunate what people are doing to try to survive.

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Scott Doyle Verified

Clay, if you can't see that there's a correlation between economic downturns and people resorting to illegal means of obtaining cash...you're dead to me.

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Scott Doyle Verified

You're officially dead to me.

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Scott Miller Verified

Most of the criminals I've known had real jobs.

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Scott Doyle Verified

Uhh, how many criminals have you known? And do you plan on going to any PegNews functions?

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Rick Yost Verified

"melded"- Yuck!

I've known a few real career-criminals in my day (small time of course) It seemed to me to be their particular bad attitudes toward society in general that kept them from working real jobs, not the economy.

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Scott Miller Verified

Scott Doyle

Question # 1- I know and have known all kinds of people, from white collar embezzlers to crooked politicians and cops to lowly, desperate street hustlers. And more.

Question # 2- yes.

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James Scott Verified

Is this really that hard of a concept to fathom? Bad economy = fewer jobs. Fewer jobs = more unemployment. More unemployment = more people desperate for money. More people desperate for money = more people willing to do whatever it takes for money...need I continue?

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Kevin Kunreuther Verified

I hate these copper thieves. I'm glad this reprobate has been taken out by his own dumbness and serves as a warning for other like-minded bastards. The havoc they wreak on the community, the damage and grief they cause, it's nearly unfathomable. And who are these "ask no questions" scrap metal merchants that accept and pay the copper thieves? Obviously, they're the real criminals, they're the very people who are encouraging the thieves. An irreplaceable bust in a public park in Arlington was razed and melted down by these miscreants. What's next, the Statue of Liberty (62,000 lbs of copper sheeting @ $3.4875 a pound, total value on spot market, a mere $216,225.00)?

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Scott Doyle Verified

Uhh, they're working on it. Granted, not fast enough or efficiently, but at least they're trying.

And unless you want cops constantly surveying your everything, they're not going to be everywhere all the time.

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Scott Doyle Verified

jtm, I certainly hope twisted is on vacation or something rather than getting teary-eyed over a lark. Doyle awaits his return as well. =(

Appears he mustered up the will to comment once more after that thread, but it was a couple of weeks ago.

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