£40M Armed Robbery In Kent

shifty_uk · 23 Feb 2006 at 12:25

BUSH said:
I see plenty of people with the romantic view of this 'if you can do it, then good on you and all' but these robbers could be terrorists looking to fund their next venture, organised crime, and numerous other undesirable characters.

Got a good point there!

loopylou · 23 Feb 2006 at 12:25

BUSH said:
I see plenty of people with the romantic view of this 'if you can do it, then good on you and all' but these robbers could be terrorists looking to fund their next venture, organised crime, and numerous other undesirable characters.

Very good point!

ants83 · 23 Feb 2006 at 12:32

People on here are saying well done. how old are you posting things like that? You bunch of idiots try been tied up and having a gun in your face.

Vonhelmet · 23 Feb 2006 at 13:16

What? So if a crime is difficult, it's suddenly OK?

By that rationale, 9/11 was OK because it was innovative, unexpected and well organised.

And yes, I'm sure you're all about to tell me that's different because people were killed.

You're still wrong to say "fair play to them".

JonnyD · 23 Feb 2006 at 14:17

Has anyone heard the latest. According to the radio (classic FM), they are offering a £2,000,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.....private eye cap on methinks (or Magnum PI shirt)

Otacon · 23 Feb 2006 at 14:25

vonhelmet said:
What? So if a crime is difficult, it's suddenly OK?

Reminds of of an Eddie Izzard sketch actually:

Eddie Izzard said:
Pol Pot killed 1.7 million people. We can't even deal with that! You know, we think if somebody kills someone, that's murder, you go to prison. You kill 10 people, you go to Texas, they hit you with a brick, that's what they do. 20 people, you go to a hospital, they look through a small window at you forever. And over that, we can't deal with it, you know? Someone's killed 100,000 people. We're almost going, "Well done! You killed 100,000 people? You must get up very early in the morning. I can't even get down the gym! Your diary must look odd: “Get up in the morning, death, death, death, death, death, death, death – lunch- death, death, death - afternoon tea - death, death, death - quick shower…"

pyro · 23 Feb 2006 at 14:32

Dj_Jestar said:
Not if it is stolen, no thanks.

Dj_Jestar · 23 Feb 2006 at 15:09

pyro said:

Just the expression I have for people like yourself who are applauding the thieves.

Just how you can congratulate people who took captive a family, whom no doubt thought they were going to die or at best be hurt, the man of the family forced to do what he is told at the risk of his family's lives, one foot wrong and the last goodbye he would have said to his wife and kid(s) was that morning, to be tied up for hours at gun point.

Yeah, I can see why.. what heros they are, absolute role models for the rest of us who have to work for our money, perhaps we all have it wrong and should follow in there enlightened footsteps?

FTM · 23 Feb 2006 at 15:56

those people applauding the crime..if someones smashed your car window and nicks your car stereo, will you be applauding them as well?

as people have said..they kidnapped at gunpoint a mans family..a 7 year old boy had his life at stake if his dad didnt do as he was told

a thief is a thief whether he steals an old ladies purse or 40m quid from a depot

Unconditional · 23 Feb 2006 at 16:13

The reason why people are hailing them as heroes, is because they see it as a victimless crime, despite the fact that the family will have gone through a lot of stress.

Comparing this to crimes such as rape, or other type of assault are just absurd.

To be honest, the thieves will have been playing on fear, and knew that there was little chance of them having to resort to violence.

And credit where its due, they have just managed to blag 40 million pounds

Vonhelmet · 23 Feb 2006 at 16:20

Unconditional said:
And credit where its due, they have just managed to blag 40 million pounds

Aye. And justice where it's due - they should spend quite a while in jail for this.

ants83 · 23 Feb 2006 at 16:37

Unconditional said:
The reason why people are hailing them as heroes, is because they see it as a victimless crime, despite the fact that the family will have gone through a lot of stress.

Comparing this to crimes such as rape, or other type of assault are just absurd.

To be honest, the thieves will have been playing on fear, and knew that there was little chance of them having to resort to violence.

And credit where its due, they have just managed to blag 40 million pounds

You really have not got a clue have you? Im sure you'd like to have your family taken hostage, mind you, you'd just think to yourself.....its ok there only playing on fear, they wont use violence.

Attack a member like that again and you get suspended.

Otacon

Beansprout · 23 Feb 2006 at 17:01

Unconditional said:
And credit where its due, they have just managed to blag 40 million pounds

No, they broke into a high security warehouse through low tactics of kidnapping a family including a mother and young child.

The warehouse just happened to contain £40m. If it contained a rare work of art or some such would you take the same attitude?

What matters isn't what they stole, it's how they stole it. Either is bad; neither are good.

Von Smallhausen · 23 Feb 2006 at 17:04

ants83 said:
You really have not got a clue have you? Im sure you'd like to have your family taken hostage, mind you, you'd just think to yourself.....its ok there only playing on fear, they wont use violence. [Removed]

Not worth a holiday with personal jibes ants.

Unconditional · 23 Feb 2006 at 17:30

ants83 said:
You really have not got a clue have you? Im sure you'd like to have your family taken hostage, mind you, you'd just think to yourself.....its ok there only playing on fear, they wont use violence.

Attack a member like that again and you get suspended.

Otacon

You seem to have grabbed onto the wrong end of the stick.

The point I'm making is there are far worse crimes being commited, but this is being a made a big deal out of simply because of the amount of money they stole.

benjo plz. · 23 Feb 2006 at 17:35

ants83 said:
You really have not got a clue have you? Im sure you'd like to have your family taken hostage, mind you, you'd just think to yourself.....its ok there only playing on fear, they wont use violence.

While you can bout har-har all day long, the fact remains that no one was injured, its arguable that it caused PTS or psychological damage, but without any evidence of it, you haven't got much of a case.

Von Smallhausen · 23 Feb 2006 at 17:45

Phnom_Penh said:
While you can bout har-har all day long, the fact remains that no one was injured, its arguable that it caused PTS or psychological damage, but without any evidence of it, you haven't got much of a case.

Yet if the manager had said I'm not helping you, he at the least would have been beaten or worse, not to mention his family.

Unconditional · 23 Feb 2006 at 17:48

Good point Cpt. Obvious.

Hence they are playing on fear.

benjo plz. · 23 Feb 2006 at 17:55

Von Smallhausen said:
Yet if the manager had said I'm not helping you, he at the least would have been beaten or worse, not to mention his family.

But the fact remains that they didn't hurt anyone, so its irellevant.

Von Smallhausen · 23 Feb 2006 at 17:56

Phnom_Penh said:
But the fact remains that they didn't hurt anyone, so its irellevant.

Hmmm, we will have to disagree there.

It is anything but a victimless crime.