Comments on: Pirates of the Marina http://marinasecurity.mylifeinsa.com/2008/12/13/pirates-of-the-marina/ marina da gama Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:06:34 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Author http://marinasecurity.mylifeinsa.com/2008/12/13/pirates-of-the-marina/#comment-2070 Author Mon, 04 May 2009 13:51:02 +0000 http://marinasecurity.mylifeinsa.com/2008/12/13/pirates-of-the-marina/#comment-2070 I know of a convicted criminal who was employed by one of the major security firms to install burglar alarms in people's homes. He is currently in jail again for breaking into a vehicle in Muizenberg. The firm was aware of his criminal record before employing him. You have full right to spend your money on any security you wish, but you do not have the right to dictate to me how I should spend my money, nor should your wishes infringe on any of my rights. I know of a convicted criminal who was employed by one of the major security firms to install burglar alarms in people’s homes. He is currently in jail again for breaking into a vehicle in Muizenberg. The firm was aware of his criminal record before employing him.

You have full right to spend your money on any security you wish, but you do not have the right to dictate to me how I should spend my money, nor should your wishes infringe on any of my rights.

]]> By: jonathan http://marinasecurity.mylifeinsa.com/2008/12/13/pirates-of-the-marina/#comment-2065 jonathan Mon, 04 May 2009 09:51:47 +0000 http://marinasecurity.mylifeinsa.com/2008/12/13/pirates-of-the-marina/#comment-2065 The first entry here by "Author in Crime" says that because no security system or guards can ever give us 100% safety, therefore we do not need security patrols. You don't need a degree in logic to see the idiocy of that. Of course we each need to care for our own security. But at the same time we also need to have street security a la ADT or Chubb and be preapred to pay for that. Criminals will always be around. We need to make it as diffuclt as possible for them. That includes our own behaviour as well as using external security measures. The first entry here by “Author in Crime” says that because no security system or guards can ever give us 100% safety, therefore we do not need security patrols. You don’t need a degree in logic to see the idiocy of that. Of course we each need to care for our own security. But at the same time we also need to have street security a la ADT or Chubb and be preapred to pay for that. Criminals will always be around. We need to make it as diffuclt as possible for them. That includes our own behaviour as well as using external security measures.

]]> By: marie kevlope http://marinasecurity.mylifeinsa.com/2008/12/13/pirates-of-the-marina/#comment-722 marie kevlope Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:52:34 +0000 http://marinasecurity.mylifeinsa.com/2008/12/13/pirates-of-the-marina/#comment-722 I was woken at 3am on that fateful monday morning, my dogs woke me and when I went into ther kitchen to make a cup of tea after making sure the property was intact and secured, I got goosebumps and the strangest feeling I weas being watched, so I switched off the lights & went to bed. twenty minuites later I heard the squad cars that had been called to my neighbours house. Both neighbours on one side of me has been broken into. I feel lucky for now, that I had the dogs, though that is not enough as I had dogs when broken into in Kenliworth some years ago. In simple terms we live on the Cape flats however one looks at it we do. I feel all of us should work together as a community and stop all the fighting that I see sometimes on this website, it is truly dreadful. We all live in dangerous times and need to work together, be thankful to those who are making efforts at reinforcing our safety and get involved in the most positive ways possible. I was woken at 3am on that fateful monday morning, my dogs woke me and when I went into ther kitchen to make a cup of tea after making sure the property was intact and secured, I got goosebumps and the strangest feeling I weas being watched, so I switched off the lights & went to bed.
twenty minuites later I heard the squad cars that had been called to my neighbours house. Both neighbours on one side of me has been broken into.
I feel lucky for now, that I had the dogs, though that is not enough as I had dogs when broken into in Kenliworth some years ago.
In simple terms we live on the Cape flats however one looks at it we do.
I feel all of us should work together as a community and stop all the fighting that I see sometimes on this website, it is truly dreadful.
We all live in dangerous times and need to work together, be thankful to those who are making efforts at reinforcing our safety and get involved in the most positive ways possible.

]]> By: jt http://marinasecurity.mylifeinsa.com/2008/12/13/pirates-of-the-marina/#comment-719 jt Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:32:32 +0000 http://marinasecurity.mylifeinsa.com/2008/12/13/pirates-of-the-marina/#comment-719 An article about 'pirates' stealing cellphones, cameras and computer from 'multi-million rand' MDG properties on the front page of a national publication... In the body of the same newspaper an article about a small rural community near a major city where people are being gunned down in their homes with the women folk raped and men folk killed with seemingly no motive... What was the editor smoking? All things being relative, the crime here in MDG is pretty tame and no worse than the standard sporadic crime experienced everywhere - and it's nothing new!!! Mind you, it could well get worse now that these easy pickings and modus operandi have been so widely advertised. MDG residents should lock their kids up at night (believe it or not the little darlings get up to all sorts of mischief) and take normal safety precautions like locking the back door at night and securing possessions left outside. But to publish an article on the front page of a national newspaper when there is so very much more deserving news both worthy of and desperate for the press exposure is simply disgraceful. An article about ‘pirates’ stealing cellphones, cameras and computer from ‘multi-million rand’ MDG properties on the front page of a national publication…
In the body of the same newspaper an article about a small rural community near a major city where people are being gunned down in their homes with the women folk raped and men folk killed with seemingly no motive…
What was the editor smoking?
All things being relative, the crime here in MDG is pretty tame and no worse than the standard sporadic crime experienced everywhere – and it’s nothing new!!!
Mind you, it could well get worse now that these easy pickings and modus operandi have been so widely advertised.
MDG residents should lock their kids up at night (believe it or not the little darlings get up to all sorts of mischief) and take normal safety precautions like locking the back door at night and securing possessions left outside.
But to publish an article on the front page of a national newspaper when there is so very much more deserving news both worthy of and desperate for the press exposure is simply disgraceful.

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