A man was tired of having his McCain signs stolen, so he hooked up an electric fence power source to the sign, and a camera. A punk 9 year old kid, obviously brainwashed by his parents and probably an ACORN voter, got a “shock” when he trespassed into the yard.
Well that wasn't that exciting. Just a jolt and he walks away...
~Zoo
The wire is in plain sight and non-lethal, so booby trap laws don't apply.The guy could say it's up to keep squirrels away. If I were to walk up to a cattle fence and get shocked, should I sue the farmer? Yet another example of lack of personal responsibility. Stay the hell off other peoples property and you won't have to make excuses for wrongdoing. This person probably taught this kid a valuable lesson that will stay with him the rest of his life.
That was unwarranted
I guess you are not a big fan of America's Funniest Home Videos. They may not show videos of children being shocked, but some of those kid videos could be seen as painful (and dangerous) yet many crack up about them. Bare in mind I am not defending ID's idea of what funny is, but the average person seems to think painful situations caught on tape can be hilarious, even when it's a child in the video.
He probably will, not sure if rightly so though. After all, the child was tresspassing on his property and stealing. I don't expect the child to be prosecuted, but should we ignore this behavious simply because he is 9 years old?
I do wonder if he suspected a child to be doing this and would he have done this if he knew it was a child?
Whip's comment +1.
My Obama yard sign has benn taken twice...funny, I never would have thought to electrify it. Just shows how different minds think.
Be well.
Says the vid's no longer available, but there's nothing laughable about physically hurting a 9 year old child, even if he is engaged in a minor (and common at that age) act of vandalism.
If this was my kid, he could expect more than a little zap from the electrical line. If I saw my kid intentionally vandalizing someone's property there would be some swats along with the lesson.
I hated to see this kid get hurt because I believe his parents approve. He was too blatant about it (daylight, walking up and not running, etc) for his parent(s) to be uninvolved.
Agreed. But one can't help but wonder how often complaints like these fall on deaf ears to the point people do things such as electrifying the sign. I, personally, would have never done such a thing. I can't imagine had I made some mistake in the wiring and I would have killed the thief by accident, even worse, a 9 year old.
Possibly, and I'm sure every democrat trial lawyer is lined up. The kid is lucky, he should have trespassed from the property, and his father should have been arrested for having this kid do this. The little punk got what was coming to him, maybe he will now think twice before committing another crime, maybe it will prevent one in the future.
Not really. I'm sure if you talked to him he would repeated "change, change, change".
Maybe. It shows one person won't be a continual victim, and another might just be happy with it.
The kid did need to be punished, although I don't find shocking a 9 year old particularly safe or funny (and no, I don't usually find it funny when kids get hurt, sorry).
My question is, did the guy KNOW it was a child doing it or did he set this up, just hoping to ward off whomever it was? And I do agree that it's likely the parents were onboard in at least capacity.
If he knew ahead of time that it was a child, there are definitely better ways to handle the problem. If he had no idea and was just hoping to discourage future theft from whomever the thief/theives might be, then I don't think it's quite as sinister.
OH GOOD LORD you people make me sick to my stomach.
The fact that you could condone, nay, defend it is disgusting.
The guy should have just cut the kid's hand off, SC. That's the punishment for theft, right?
I'm curious, why do you find it disgusting? Because it was a child who got shocked or because he set out to shock anyone who touched the sign? I ask only because I have to wonder if you also find disgusting if you have a dog to protect your yard and a child happens to get in the yard and gets hurt by the dog. Again, I am not condoning the idea of hurting the child, but I think some reactions are too exagerated. This wasn't the smartest thing for this man to do but apart from probably being frustrated because he probably complained and it fell on deaf ears, I doubt he would have done this knowing it was a child who would get shocked, though I won't ignore he could have known. Had this been an adult, most people would probably be laughing and saying "he deserves it".
Looks to me like a gag that went too far.
Switching signs is more of a harmless gag that the owner took a bit personal. Granted I would get upset as well but there are other creative ways to play this game with out harming someone with electricity.
just my 2 kygyz soms.
Sorry, but I have raised my kids to know right from wrong, so your point is not valid with me.
The person was an electrical engineer, and the dog fence supply wouldn't do anything but give a slight jolt, just enough to get attention.
He didn't break a law. Someone tresassed onto his property to commit a crime, he really hold no liability. Depending on where you live, the owner could have taken matters into his own hands with more serious consequences.
Video works for me.
You're right. Let's lop his limbs right off.
Your outrage is misplaced SC. The kid walks onto another person's property carrying an Obama sign. Where did he get it? Did his parents give it to him or did he steal it? I think his parent(s) were involved because he didn't even HESITATE.
He walked up in that yard like he was told to do it. The fact it is broad daylight out also makes it look like an adult (an authority figure in this kid's life) told him to do it. Most kids who do things like this on their own do it at night and on the down low...they don't want to get caught and be punished. Even when its older kids forcing the younger ones to do something "bad" the kids are more hesitant and unwilling.
When kids do stuff like this in broad daylight you can bet its because someone told them it was ok.
I think it is despicable for an adult to use a child to commit a crime or do something they wouldn't do themselves. I also agree with Tex. If the homeowner knew it was a kid then I have big issues with him but not as big as the adult behind the kid's behavior.
Either way you look at it, the kid is the victim. You're outraged at the property owner, and I say that is misplaced. The outrage should be at the adult encouraging the behavior.
If that was my kid I would tell them they got exactly what they deserved. But that's because I don't train them to be vandals or thieves.
Your right it was a terrible thing to do. The man should have shot him in the ass with rock salt. If you research a bit, you'll find criminals often get an early start in life. This guy probably taught this kid a lesson, at least maybe he'll think twice about stealing again. I don't want to see kids hurt, but having been shocked accidentally myself this way (working in close proximity to farm grade electrical fences) he was never in any danger. People are making it out like it was the fence in Jurassic Park.
It doesn't say how the guy electrified the wire (which didn't appear to be connected to the sign itself). But he probably used a 6 volt battery system like those used on farms. They will get your attention, but they are hardly lethal. The wire was visible in the video. Teach your kids to respect others property and it never will be an issue. I'm sick of people that think they can do whatever they want, wherever they want to. Sure it's a stupid sign now, what happens when he crawls into someones house to take something and gets a bullet in his brain. Better to learn now with nothing more than a love tap, than the later.
As Paul Harvey would say... here is the rest of the story.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1274504.html
The guy put up a sign that they were eletrified. The kids motives were questionable. Personally, I feel like the guy was within his rights. I don't know if it was the right thing to do though.
Hmm . . . according to that link, the sign wasn't on his own property, but on some community property owned by an HOA.
And the parents didn't plan it.
But that makes it all okay, doesn't it?
From the article:
Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass said he doesn't plan to file charges. The deputy who investigated Tuesday said the pet-fence setup probably was legal, Turschak said, but perhaps more trouble than it was worth. Turschak said Wednesday morning that he would pull the plug on the signs. The camera, though, stayed.
And Wednesday afternoon while the Turschaks were at a daughter's soccer game, it captured an angry-looking woman striding up.
"We got home and both signs were gone," he said. "Broad daylight."
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The owner even posted a sign telling people about the electric fence.
How much you wanna bet that even though he captured a thief on tape, nothing will happen to the woman?
Better re-read that SC...it is indeed his yard...but it is maintained (landscaped if its like our subdivision) by the HOA because its the first thing people see when entering the community.
"The corner of the Turschak's yard where the signs are posted is a prominent point in the Oak Crest subdivision just south of Chapel Hill, so the homeowners association maintains it. It's far enough from the Turschaks' home that it's not obviously part of their yard, and the boy's mother, Johanna Gisladottir, said she and many neighbors thought it was community property. They were troubled, she said, that someone had apparently claimed the corner on behalf of the Republican Party." -------------------------------- Sorry, but the parent's sound EXACTLY like the sort of people who got the kid to do it, if even indirectly. First, they came pounding on the owner's door because their kid was shocked vandalizing a neighbor's property? I'd be knocking on the door offering an apology if it were my kid, not indignation. That alone speaks more truth than what came out of their mouths. Of course they are going to deny putting him up to it. Second, they have a problem with someone taking over what they considered (wrongly) community property, but they don't have an issue doing the exact same thing....but when they do it...they call it "mixing it up." Whatever.
It's far enough from the Turschaks' home that it's not obviously part of their yard, and the boy's mother, Johanna Gisladottir, said she and many neighbors thought it was community property. They were troubled, she said, that someone had apparently claimed the corner on behalf of the Republican Party."
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Sorry, but the parent's sound EXACTLY like the sort of people who got the kid to do it, if even indirectly.
First, they came pounding on the owner's door because their kid was shocked vandalizing a neighbor's property? I'd be knocking on the door offering an apology if it were my kid, not indignation. That alone speaks more truth than what came out of their mouths. Of course they are going to deny putting him up to it.
Second, they have a problem with someone taking over what they considered (wrongly) community property, but they don't have an issue doing the exact same thing....but when they do it...they call it "mixing it up."
Whatever.
double post
Whether or not the parents were involved, and whether or not the child new whether ir was wrong or not...the guy should NEVER have done what he did. Frankly, it was stupid of him. There's no justifying it, a responsible adult wouldn't do it.
Eh, first off, I didn't see anything that showed that they put him up to it. Yes, it does show that he's in need of some talking to, to put it mildly. Secondly, the parents are justified in being outraged. Like I said above, an adult shouldn't do those things. There's laws and police for a reason.
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