If you didn't pay for fire protection, ...

[SamSpade]

Originally Posted by EmptyTimCup

the problem with this is, we are used to living in counties where our TAXES pay for services ... in other counties not so "RICH" it is harder to pay for services ...

I lived in a town of about 500 in PA where we had a volunteer fire dept. And I mean volunteer. My dad did his turn as one. When that horn went off, they hauled ass to the station to roll out the truck. The fire station was also the police station, the mayor's office and the library. When a neighboring town had a fire, they went there too.

I never saw this, but I know my dad. If they'd let someone's home burn down, my dad would have said "then sue me" and taken the engine there.



Note to self - it's a sad thing when the compassionate one in the thread is itsbob.....

[itsbob]

Originally Posted by Baja28

I hope he learned a lesson.

I'm sure all of them learned their lesson and will be making their extortion payments on time from now on.

Again, why let his house burn down? Why not just break his legs, or decapitate on of his dogs and leave it on his porch??

[itsbob]

Originally Posted by SamSpade

Note to self - it's a sad thing when the compassionate one in the thread is itsbob.....

Shame on all you Christians!!

[JoeRider]

Originally Posted by Pete

Wonder how the lawsuit would read if the guy had an invalid mother who died in the flames.

Man Sets Mom on Fire!

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Is anyone remotely interested in why this man was let go like this? All this compassion and neighborly love is great. It just seems obvious to me that, over time, this guy earned his response from friends and neighbors.

I mean, it's not like he was some dark hearted nursery owner who deserved to be gun downed in his driveway.

[JoeRider]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

Is anyone remotely interested in why this man was let go like this? All this compassion and neighborly love is great. It just seems obvious to me that, over time, this guy earned his response from friends and neighbors.

I mean, it's not like he was some dark hearted nursery owner who deserved to be gun downed in his driveway.

I missed that thread?

[SamSpade]

Originally Posted by Baja28

Sam, you said you read the articles. You missed the parts that said he offered to pay what ever it costs and was told it was too late.

I did read that part. I'd still say it. It's stupid.

For them to say "it's too late" means it had nothing to do with being paid up. It was about proving a point. I mean, geez, they had guys on the scene helping the neighbor, and they left the other guy's house to burn. They proved their point; don't pay, we don't help. But the stupid thing about it was, you presume it is about making a profit. When the truck is THERE and the guy says he'll pay any price, it's just stupid, period, to leave and let it burn.


If SMECO cut you off in the middle of winter and you were freezing, you could still call and they'd say "ok, but it will cost extra". What are they going to say, ask me pretty please?

Even from a dollars and cents angle, this was stupid. The message wasn't pay early, pay less, it was don't f*ck with us.

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by SamSpade

I did read that part. I'd still say it. It's stupid.

For them to say "it's too late" means it had nothing to do with being paid up. It was about proving a point. I mean, geez, they had guys on the scene helping the neighbor, and they left the other guy's house to burn. They proved their point; don't pay, we don't help. But the stupid thing about it was, you presume it is about making a profit. When the truck is THERE and the guy says he'll pay any price, it's just stupid, period, to leave and let it burn.


If SMECO cut you off in the middle of winter and you were freezing, you could still call and they'd say "ok, but it will cost extra". What are they going to say, ask me pretty please?

Even from a dollars and cents angle, this was stupid. The message wasn't pay early, pay less, it was don't f*ck with us.

That's right. As I said 5,392 posts ago, when the guy said he'd pay whatever it took, I would have seen it as my capitalist duty to see if he meant it.

[itsbob]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

Is anyone remotely interested in why this man was let go like this? All this compassion and neighborly love is great. It just seems obvious to me that, over time, this guy earned his response from friends and neighbors.

I mean, it's not like he was some dark hearted nursery owner who deserved to be gun downed in his driveway.

The behaviour of an individual shouldn't dictate the response of emergency services.

If that was the case the ambulances and FD around here wouldn't even need their equipment.

A human in need is a human in need. Or should the Coast Guard and local FDs check people's criminal records and credit reports before rendering aid? Oh, and glance through St Mary's Today to make sure there are no derogatory articles about them??

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by itsbob

The behaviour of an individual shouldn't dictate the response of emergency services.

If that was the case the ambulances and FD around here wouldn't even need their equipment.

A human in need is a human in need. Or should the Coast Guard and local FDs check people's criminal records and credit reports before rendering aid? Oh, and glance through St Mary's Today to make sure there are no derogatory articles about them??

As I have said three times, does everyone simply not think this guy earned this?

I will bet one shiny new US dollar, current value, about $.11, to anyone who'd like a piece that next time we hear about this story we're gonna hear that he is a major league, long standing a-hole in his community.

It it right, the impulse to help one in need without stopping to check their race, creed, color or bank account and I would wager most folks in and around that house are just like you and me.

And I also wager that he has long since worn folks out with any variation on the theme you'd care to imagine; endless fights with the town counsel over his property taxes, no help to neighbors, done ####ty things like shoot neighbor dogs that treaded on his land.

I just don't think we're going to hear he was loved by one and all and they all just watched it happen.