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All that is needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Posted by: Garshne
Posted by: Potato Joe
Posted by: Garshne
Posted by: Potato Joe
If someone breaks into your house and comes at you with a knife how are you going to have time for the police to save you, let alone even call the police before you are attacked? A thief isn't going to break into my house while I'm there, though, especially if they only have a knife, which is usually the case.
Of course, if someone attacks you hand to hand you can defend yourself from that attack if you have some knowledge in martial arts/have your trusty cricket bat.
Of course, that point is moot because all the criminals in Australia have AKMs, because Australia has gun laws.
I like how you just pulled out a straw man. I asked how the police could save you because earlier you argued that they save people in Australia. In the situation that you described, where the criminal is already upon me before I realised he was there, it is hopeless, yes. He'll murderise me into bloody bits because that's what criminals do.
The police, then, will catch that criminal before he does it to anyone else.
If, however, the criminal is not out to turn me into a pulp of human remains, and I realise there's someone skulking around my house (because I keep my -blam!- doors and windows locked) then I will have enough time to grab my phone (which is on me at all times, yay mobiles), dial triple zero, tell the operator "holy -blam!- holy -blam!- there's a robber in my house" and the police will be there within five minutes. Since the robber isn't out to turn me into people soup, I'll tell him I've already called the police, and he'll bugger off like the scared little opportunist he is. Police arrive two minutes after he runs off, I point out the direction that the robber went and the dog squad will go after him (because the dog squad is on patrol all night here in Australia). I then give my statement with a description of the criminal and whatever happened, the police radios (what sophisticated technology) his buddies the details, they track down the guy and arrest him for breaking and entering, then they go and do the same thing for whatever else happens that night.
I'm alive, the criminal is arrested, and the police are awesome.This! Finally. Some common knowledge.
BTW five minutes is only for rural areas. In my town, cops can be at my house in less than a minute.