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2007-05-18 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Another Idiot of the day candidate: Tagger burned spray painting substation

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Posted by Delphi 2007-05-18 15:52|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Reading this gives me the willies. This young man is likely going to endure pain few of us can even imagine. For what? Some petty, testosterone (and/or alcohol)-fueled stupidity.
But I don't have near the sympathy for him that I do for our soldiers down in San Antonio struggling to recover some fraction of their lives after suffering comparable injuries but for a reason - our defense.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-05-18 16:50|| 2007-05-18 16:50|| Front Page Top

#2 115,000 volts will 'arc' about 10-inches to just about anything in 'dry air' (like New Mexico). Let's just add some spray-paint mist (probably fortified with metal for that 'shiny look') and you could multiply that by 10+.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2007-05-18 17:06|| 2007-05-18 17:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Bet the paint caught fire, and maybe the can blew up in his hand.

Oooohhh. [shudders]

Posted by Mike 2007-05-18 17:17|| 2007-05-18 17:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Lawsuit against Public Service Company of New Mexico in 5...4...3...

Posted by tu3031 2007-05-18 17:32|| 2007-05-18 17:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Giveashit meter is in the shop, again. Hope no honest citizens encountered any problems or loss of life's simple enjoyments or financial losses due to this idiot's work. And at 18 he can be tried as an adult, so he can't hide behind Daddy's skirts. Or something.

Posted by USN. Ret. 2007-05-18 18:01|| 2007-05-18 18:01|| Front Page Top

#6 We used to make personal flamethrowers our of a spray paint can with a candle duct taped to it. Worked great on skeeters and moths.

As someone who regards graffiti vandals as the scum of this earth, my own sympathy meter isn't even twitching. Having also worked around very high voltages, to purposefully defeat the safety barriers that surround any substation and intentionally expose yourself to the prospect of severe electrical shock is tantamount to autochlorination of your own gene pool. Why not stick a fork into a wall outlet and save all the trouble?

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-18 18:56|| 2007-05-18 18:56|| Front Page Top

#7 resist the implied nanny state changes to power sub-stations. Darwin needs to cull the herd.

Posted by 3dc 2007-05-18 19:08|| 2007-05-18 19:08|| Front Page Top

#8 caught a punk (guess the background) spraypainting my neighbor's fence in San Diego - we spray painted his head, pantsed him and sent him on his way...nowadays they're armed or carrying knives. I'd propose an open season (with licenses) for hunting - if they have a spray can in hand - fire away

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-05-18 19:52|| 2007-05-18 19:52|| Front Page Top

#9 by the way - no charge for "blinds" in the public ROW

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-05-18 19:52|| 2007-05-18 19:52|| Front Page Top

#10 FG: I'd propose an open season (with licenses) for hunting - if they have a spray can in hand - fire away

I think Singapore has the right idea - a flogging and a six-month jail term.

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