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TwitPic free iPhone scam - part 2, your data

2010-02-06T15:42:00.001Z

This is what will happen to your data (what's a "notifice")

Data Protection Notifice:

1. Is the protection of your personal information ensured?
We protect all data which you transmit to us. The data transmission is effected to the organiser of the sweepstake the Planet49 GmbH, Oberliederbacher Weg 25, 65843 Sulzbach/Ts.
We use the accumulated information to be able to design the offers of the organisers, the partners and sponsors (in the following called "the Provider") as conveniently, interest oriented, pinpointed and effectively as possible. Your satisfaction and your safety are the Providers' utmost priority. The Providers' employees also only granted the access authorisation they require for their work. The data which is accumulated during the game is stored according to high security standards. The Providers protect your personal information to the best of their knowledge. In order to guarantee a trouble-free course of the game, data protection has the highest priority for the Providers. The following statements are meant to help you better understand our security guidelines. Should you require further information or have any questions at all, you can gladly contact info@planet49.co.uk via email at any time. Our data protection notifice can alter from time to time. Should this occur, we will of course inform you accordingly during your next online visit.

2. Which information is subject to data protection?
Data protection includes all individual-related data. That includes data resulting from the voluntary registration and from the voluntary answers to questions. On the basis of your consent given when registering we will collect the following data: master data (e.g. name and address), date of birth, telephone. Furthermore the following additional data can be collected in line with the game: additional data regarding the participant or the household, product- and media- relevant data, partner-company related data on trademark, product and communication measures and buying behaviour. You can cancel your consent to the data processing at any time effective for the future by giving your name and your address data to info@planet49.co.uk via email or to Planet49 GmbH, Oberliederbacher Weg 25, 65843 Sulzbach/Ts. Basically it is possible to store IP-addresses. An IP-address is a number which is automatically assigned to your computer when using the Internet. We collect this data for the purpose of operations control or in order to channel reports to our advertisers which are already in an aggregated form.

3. What do the Providers do with the registered information?
The Providers conduct internal surveys regarding demographics, interests and behaviour of the users based on the information available from the registration, from questions answered at the end of the game and from our server log files. This enables us to

personally greet you upon every visit to our page and to take your specific preferences into consideration. Therefore we can better understand our users and can optimise our range of services.
the knowledge of your preferences leads to more interesting and more suitable advertising. Are there for example low-priced offers for pet owners, the Providers are in a position to place them specifically for participants with pets. In doing so we do not convey your personal information to advertisers.
also we can inform you about services or products from third parties from time to time. When registering you can decide if you are interested in this information or if you would rather prefer not receiving such emails.

If the player would like to receive a newsletter, he/she accepts that there is also product information contained in the newsletter.

4. To whom do the Providers pass their information on to?
We treat your personal information for identification confidentially. The Providers do not release any of your data for identification or convey it to third parties if you have not given your explicit consent permitting them to do so. The case of winning represents an exception In this case the participant gives the Providers his/her explicit permission to publish the first name, place of origin and a photograph on one of the Providers' Internet pages. Please observe that due to legal reasons an obligation to release your data can exist. For events which are completely or partially sponsered by other companies, you also provide the sponsor with your data if applicable, as far as you give your approval to do so. We cannot control their guidelines for the protection of your privacy. However as soon as data is not soley collected by the Providers, we will inform you accordingly before the data collection. By not participating in such events you avoid the transmission of your data to third parties.

5. Can your personal data for identification be updated, corrected or deleted?
You can edit your account information at any time using your email address and password at "My PLANET49". You can also have your account deleted or deactivated; to do so please send us an email to info@planet49.co.uk. However please keep in mind that your user alternatives regarding the Providers' range of services will then be limited to those of a non-member. We reserve the right to store information concerning registered members who have violated user conditions or whose access has been cancelled in order to avoid repeated misuse.

6. What security measures do the Providers have to protect their information against loss, misuse or alteration?
Your profile is password protected so that only you have access to this personal information. Therefore you should not inform anyone of your password. You should not answer emails which inquire about your password. The Providers cannot assume responsibility for the publication of information due to errors in data transmission or unauthorised access by third parties. The data is filed in a databank server by storing the user entries. This server meets all current standards corresponding to safety precautions. It is not only protected against digital but also against physical attacks. Nevertheless so far the media Internet does not allow for absolute protection. Nonetheless the Providers are trying to achieve the safety of their data in our systems in all conscience.

7. What else should you know about data protection?
You should be aware of the fact that information which you voluntarily reveal over the net, e.g. in discussion forums, via email or in chatrooms can be used by others. We do not monitor the actions of our visitors and registered members. If you reveal personal information, you do so at your own risk and understand that this information can be collected and used by others. Whether you receive unwanted messages or not is up to you because you alone are responsible for the concealment of your email address, account information of any kind or your password. Please observe that with your registration you agree to the storage and use of the individual related data you transmit and you agree to our data protection terms. In the case of objections please send an email to info@planet49.co.uk . We will then delete your entire data.

This complete data protection notifice will be available to you on the net at any time so that you can also inform yourself of the contents later on.

TwitPic free iPhone scam

2010-02-06T15:40:00.001Z

When you give them all your details, this is what you've agreed to - you will be bombarded with e-mail.

Conditions of Participation:

This draw is conducted and organised by thePlanet49 GmbH, Oberliederbacher Weg 25, 65843 Sulzbach/Ts.

1. Registration
For registration at least first and last name, address, telephone number and email address are to be entered. Furthermore it must be indicated that the participant is 18 years of age. The participant is responsible for amendments to this data, in particular the address and the email address.

2. Eligible Participants
Eligible are all persons who, at the time of participation, are 18 years of age, who are participating from a location in the UK, Ireland or the United States of America and whose permenant residence is in the UK, Ireland or the United States of America. Excluded from this are employees, representatives, assignees and agents of Planet49 as well as all sponsors, advertising agencies and event coordinators involved in the company, including their family and household members, as well as all persons who are excluded from the draw according to number 13 of the conditions of participation.

3. Other Conditions of Participation
Participation is only possible via the Internet. Participation is in no way dependent on the purchase of merchandise, the claim of nongratuitous services and/or the payment of connection charges and/or user fees to Planet49 or other companies involved with the organisation of the draw. By participating in the draw the participant declares his/her agreement to the rules of the draw.

4. Determination of winners
The prizes displayed on the website will be drawn by lot among all participants on the date indicated on the website. All prizes shown on this website are subject to various prize draws.

5. Notification of the winners
The winners will be notified by email as well as by telephone if necessary.

6. Payment
Cash prizes will be paid by cheque. Other prizes will be sent to the address indicated at registration or, if necessary, must be picked up at the company's registered office.

7. Transferability and Taxes
Draw participations which are received are understood to be those of the participants from whose email address is being played. Prizes are not transferable before payment. Participation via front men is not permitted. The winner is solely responsible for the payment of accruing taxes if applicable.

8. Rules of conduct and disqualification
Planet49 and the sponsors have the right to disqualify participants and exclude them from the draw if they manipulate the participation process, the game and/or the "PLANET49" pages or as the case may be try to do so and/or break the game rules and/or otherwise unfairly and/or in a dishonest way try to influence the draw in particular by disruption, harassment, annoyance of employees/software of Planet49, the sponsors or other participants.

9. Termination Possibilities
Planet49 and the sponsors reserve the right to be able to cancel or terminate the draw at any time without prior notice. In particular this applies if the draw cannot operate according to plan for whatever reasons, auch as the infection of computers with viruses, in the case of hard- and/or software errors and/or due to other technical and/or legal reasons which influence the administration, the safety, the integrity and/or the scheduled and proper execution of the draw. In such cases Planet49 and the sponsors also have the right to alter the draw at their discretion.

10. Data Protection
For this purpose please refer to the separate data protection notice.

11. Legal Proceedings and Liability
Legal proceedings are excluded. No enforceable claim for payment of the prizes exists. Planet49 and the sponsors are not liable for the loss, late arrival, delay, alteration, manipulation and/or misdirection of emails and/or data during data entry, logging, transmission and/or storage which are caused by external data networks, in particular the Internet or as the case may be the WWW, external telephone lines and/or other participants' and/or third parties' hard- and/or software; this also specifically applies for incorrect, missing, interrupted, deleted or defective data. Planet49 and the sponsors are also not liable for incorrect information which is caused by participants and/or third parties, their hardware and/or software and which is used for the draw or is associated with it. In particular no liability is assumed if emails or data entries (in templates on the "PLANET49" sites) do not correspond to the requirements established there and are consequently not accepted and/or assumed by the system. Furthermore Planet49 and the sponsors are not liable in the case of theft or destruction of the systems storing the data and/or storage media or in the case of unauthorised alteration and/or manipulation of the data in the systems and/or in the storage media by the participants or third parties. Moreover Planet49 and the sponsors are only liable for gross negligence or intentional actions of their legal representatives, employees or vicarious agents. In addition Planet49 and the sponsors are not liable for damages which occur to the winner or the winners' family members in conjunction with the prize. The preceding disclaimer does not apply as far as compulsory liability is being claimed e.g. in cases of intent, gross negligence, because of harm to life, body or health or because of breach of fundamental contractual obligations. Claim for damages for the breach of fundamental contractual obligations is however limited to contract coherent, forseeable damage as far as liability for intent, gross negligence or harm to life, body or health is not being claimed. An alteration of the burden of proof to the disadvantage of the participant is not connected to the preceding regulations.

12. Linking
We hereby explicitly point out that due to placement of a link Planet49 and the sponsors do not take any responsibility whatsoever for the contents of the linked page. Planet49 and the sponsors emphasise that they have no influence on the design or contents of the linked pages. This declaration applies to all links to external Internet pages situated on Planet49 and the sponsors' website.

13. Severability Clause
Should a provision of the participation conditions be or become ineffective, then the effectiveness of the remaining provisions will remain unaffected. In such a case the organiser and participants are obligated to assist in establishing provisions in which preferably a result, economically approximate to the ineffective provision, is achieved.

14. Applicable Law
The draw is exclusively subject to the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The Whole World needs a leader like this

2009-03-04T09:14:00.003Z

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - Australia

Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told to get out of Australia, as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.. Quote :

'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture.. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians. '

'This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom'

'We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society . Learn the language!'

'Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.'

'We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.'

'This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, 'THE RIGHT TO LEAVE'.'

'If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.'

Piss-take of the iPhone

2008-08-16T07:38:00.003Z

I saw this video and think is is fabulous

Something fantastic

2008-06-25T10:26:00.000Z

I've discovered something really bizarre, there is a company in Manchester who cam make diamonds!! Yes it's true, they can make diamonds in a laboratory from carbon extracted from ashes, but more importantly they can make a diamond from the umbilical cord of a baby??? How the hell do they do that???

Anyway, I have s een the updated blog (phoenix-diamonds.blogpot.com) and here is their picture.
They say this is the "First in the World" absolutely amazing I think.

Is this Britain or is this the insidious thin end of the Islamic wedge?.

2008-02-17T16:10:00.007Z

The fact that Muslims were once a tiny minority and that they desired to move to Britain to work and become (somewhat) 'British' was I suppose admirable and it may have even been considered a good idea at the time. I'm sure not many thought that much about it.

But now that so many 'Foreigners' of all religions and faiths have been born here and that THEY now call themselves British or even 'English', doesn't allow them or anyone of any religion or faith to CHANGE the land in the face of the Christian majority.

Surely the appeal of these shores was all that it offered? It is (was) very quintessentially British, 'White', Church of England bells on Sunday, Catholic priests giving confessional and Methodist quaintness – It was never ISLAM and held no visage of anyone else's 'homeland' other than being occupied and developed by Christians. Visitors, immigrants and 'foreigners' have always been tolerated - but even now that Great Britain is no longer that 'Great' we are still an island of Christians, we have laws that have evolved over hundreds of years.

I – as a world traveller – would never ever have dreamt of imposing my values, my religion, my idiosyncrasies of faith on the people of islands I was kindly made welcome ...I went to those islands as a visitor, to live and work amongst the established majority whether they were black, white, Catholic or Jewish – I did not go to build my out-of-place temple standing 200 ft above everyone, I did not go to loud-hail a call to prayer and I did not go there to say their laws were against mine – NO – the minute I would have tried that, I would have been packed off 'back to where I came from'.

If you do not like how the Russians run their county – don't go or live there!!

If you do not like how a Country is run or what 'religion' it is – don't go there.

If you don't like anything about where you now live – go somewhere else.

But don't come here and change a thing - I like it for what it is - ENGLAND

Is that too a simplistic view?????

A Consensus party to rule us all

2007-08-19T13:40:00.000Z

How many political parties are needed to rule the Country the way the MAJORITY desire??

Answer...Just one, a CONSENSUS PARTY with NO left or right bias, a ruling party by the majority.

With technology being SO sophisticated and TV and the 'Net being so common, I think we should have a NEW (apolitical) party to replace the elected idiots who only offer a few alternatives between each current party running.

The party would be run by TV, 'phone or 'Net voting, almost like a common referendum voting system but instantaneously moulded by a majority consensus.

The 'Cparty' could have its own Newspaper, its own TV channel, its own telephone network, its own website with which the general public ANYONE (not just Conservatives, Liberals, etc:) could make decisions needing airing.

Provided all the pro's and con's are offered (or further breakdown options or more info') we could all INSTANTANEOUSLY decide (for example) if hanging should be brought back or Capital Punishment. Should we be ruled by the EU? Should we 'chip' criminals??

If you (as an individual liberal) want to propose anything, it could be voted upon.

The funding (and the wages) could be paid for by telephone, mobile or 'PayPal' fee.

Do you think the 'politicians' earn too much??? Vote on an amount you think is fair. Do you wish to pay for 'FatCats'? - vote. Do you think we should copy other countries tax system? Do you think we should pay tax at 20%, 30% or higher or lower?? Vote...

Do you want more money to be put into the 'Health Service' - VOTE!!!!!

Do you have the NEGATIVES or the ALTERNATIVES - air them.

Come on give me some feedback (see the bottom of the blog)

Chelsea Tractors are not Smart

2007-07-30T12:29:00.000Z

If, in Britain we have to think that owning a car is a god-given right and that public transport is not offering an alternative, let us at least get the users pay for the roads and space they take up.
I'm not advocating 'SMART' cars, what I'm trying to suggest is a re-think on car size – beit the Mini, the 2VC, Fiat 500, Bedford Racal - 5 Litre 4x4 status phalics are too costly.
These are just a few considerations :-
A 'Smart' can convey a child as much as a 'Chelsea Tractor'
A 'Smart4four' can convey 3 children or the average family.
What percentage of cars have more than one occupant?
Tiny engines consume less of the worlds resources.
Small cars take up less parking, less space on the road, do less damage, cost less.
Fast big cars kill more people and destroy smaller cars in crashes.
4 x 4's have greater cost on the environment.
Big cars pay almost as much road tax and small cars, the difference is disproportionate.
Status symbols and vanity are more important than common sense and reason.
Speed and Power go with impatience and greed.
Every car, caravan, lorry, HGV has an effect on many matters - road repair, pollution, maintenance, cost of living, death rate, recycling, capital cost, usefulness, etc:
Road Tax should be just that, not a stealth tax for revenue. The existing roads are already an intrusion on the English landscape. The cost of road building and repair to the tax payer (especially the poor and no-car families) is disproportionate to the size of the vehicle owned and used.

All vehicles must have some form of common formulae as to their MPG, footprint, weight, volume, speed, E-value and cost. Road Tax, Vehicle Tax, call it what you will - (even as a deterant) - should be based on a formulae. 'Smart' type cars should be encouraged [if public transport cannot deliver], 'gas guzzlers' should pay their true costs all around.

If we all HAVE to have trucks to move produce, we should all pay the price, but why should a non-car owner pay for a 'Chelsea Tractor' status symbol breathing the fresh air and consuming the world?
What do I drive? Not a 'Smart' for sure, Mercedes don't make them cheap enough. I drive a 2 seater, at an economic speed, get 55mpg, from an old re-cycled diesel van.

Schoolchildren fighting on Camera

2007-07-30T11:41:00.000Z

We just don't complain enough.
Going back to my youth, I never believed Roy Rogers actually killed rustlers, or that red Indians actually scalped the cavalry, being in 'black & white' it was never that graphic enough for me to wince at the potential bloodbath and fortuantely I did see it as fantasy. The fact is however, those 45cal. handguns don't just put a tiny hole in an arm in delayed action – the lead bullet removes the whole arm before the blink of the eye and the recoil of the gun, the real injuries would be appalling to the onlooker.
The number of violent movies and TV series has anaesthetised all onlookers and especially the people who mimic and wallow in the depicted gang culture. 'Miami Vice' is fiction guys!!! It doesn't happen on the streets of Miami as frequently as the programme shows and 'cool' heroes wearing white flannel baggies don't fire big silver automatics whilst rolling over hoods of cars – it's pretend you idiots!!!! I know I have lived there.
Don't get me going about 'The Americans'!!!! with their twisted morality [TV can show gross death but not the naked bum???] The obscene US Multi-Billionaires flaunt their wealth whilst the poor live with envy and resentment. How much intelligence does a $10,000,000 p.a footballer need to kick a bag of air into a net yet can't assemble enough words to be understood??
We don't complain enough because we think we are one in a few million who just can't be heard. The little old lady isn't going to get up and protest and the shocked housewife isn't going to be allowed to express her dismay and be taken seriously – it's just not British. This is why crime gains momentum, everyday thieves are part of the scenery and the stuff on the TV and in the news makes it so.
We don't complain when computer games allow children to atomise a policeman, blast a soldier or squash a granny under a TWOK car. This regularizing of death, mutilation and disfigurement of another human being cannot be reversed, the shock value of death is diluted with each vision.
We don't complain when TV depicts a death as entertainment.
[Jekyl. Last episode, commanding officer breaks squady's neck in a demonstration, the death is dismissed] OK the series is fiction and we can obviously see the difference between a 'monster' killing a human - but the cold blood killing of a comrade in arms should not be simply dismissed.
[Torchwood. I'm sure 'Capt. Jack' fires his handgun more than fantasies need]
So now we have children fighting on camera.....mob anaesthesia.

'Chip and Pin' - it in a villains head

2007-05-24T21:24:00.000Z

I've discovered something brilliant and I've had an idea which I think will work - RFID chips, the size a two grains of rice (endon) which can identify FOREVER a convicted criminal, it can produce a unique number 2 to the power of 32 (research shows) more than people on the planet.

My idea is for ALL convicted criminals to have a chip placed right inside the brain where it cannot be removed - ever!! (by anyone without brain damage) - it stays there forever.

What??? BIG BROTHER!! I hear you say!!! No! it would be a deterant and a remedy to trace missing bail-jumpers, escapees, pervies, rapists, druggies, it would prevent criminals or weirdo's from leaving or entering the country as tourists and then disappearing into the ether.

The chips transmit local signals whenever they get near a tracker station.
Stations could be in supermarket entrances, the DSS, shops, malls, airports - just about anywhere and everywhere 'Joe Public' walks around and through.
Only convicted criminals need worry about brain implant (Don't do any crime then - tosser!!!)
They would only track a chip required to be noticed.
Once the criminal was 'released' ANY detection would be dismissed, but if they started again the trackers would alert the police of where and when they passed by.

OR IS THAT TOO SIMPLE????

YankeeWankerJingoism

2007-03-08T15:08:00.000Z

YankeeWankerPhobia visa-vis YankeeWankerJingoism,

The hate of American blinkered nationalism where others do not seem to exist.

Yankee : Amongst other things – inhabitant of America [UK slang],
(Yank : amongst other things – a jerk, A rap, pull, big lie)

Wanker : An idiot, a stupid, annoying, ineffectual person, Someone who 'jerks' off (masterbates), someone who shows off too much,

Jingoism : Supporter of bellicose [fighting, war] policy.
Blustering patriot. [boisterous : Zealous defender of Country]
Excessive Nationalism to the expense of other Countries.
[Origin, 17th Century conjurers gibberish]

Classic Example ; Where an idiot designs a website with address data requirements clearly biased solely to the US by insisting that in the “State” field - only American states are offered with no exception despite following fields offering “Country”.
Even then, the designer provides a response kick-back, stating that “the state entered is not in the Country you live in”

Thus – An American Jerk who is idiotic and ineffectual, shows off annoying stupidity by designing over Zealous Nationalistic gibberish.

Do the crime - Pay the fine and the full costs

2007-02-04T13:14:00.000Z

I'm sick and tired of seeing TV programmes that show drunks, thieves, Car Crime and vandals etc; caught clearly on camera (from helicopters and the like) only to be sent to court - after hours of paperwork (or not even turn up!!) and then fined just a few pounds. We are paying for all this police time and money expended and it should be paid for buy the person(s) who are committing the crimes and causing the cost.

I'm not particularly happy but still willing to pay for the general police-keeping activities, the prevention and deterance of crime and the attendance etc. to crime scenes, but I am not happy to pay for a policemen on double time working at 4am in the morning supervising drunks and them having to put up with abuse and fighting. If the pubs want to sell drinks way out of sociable hours, they are the ones making the profit from such drinking - they should pay a proportion to police the locality. If a football ground makes the huge profit, they should be the ones paying for the NECESSARY or sub sequential policing.
You only have to view the popular(sic) programmes like 'Street Crime', 'Police Chases', 'Tonight' etc; to hear the pathetic justice handed out by out-of-touch Magistrates and Courts. How many times have you heard "the youths were found guilty of 'taking a vehicle without consent' and were fined £50"? or read "the lady was found guilty of identity theft which would have resulted in the loss of a £500,000 house and was given 100 hours community service"?
What kind of a slap in the face is that 'result' to the officers, the various departments involved and the police chasing up and investigating the crime and then having to spend longer filling in forms!!!

THIS IS MY STARTING SUGGESTION.......
I would like to discover (from the police authority) the AVERAGE cost of one PC/WPC on the beat. I would like to learn the TRUE cost of a vehicle - be it a helicopter, pursuit car or van, the cost of station time and all the costs subsequential. This should be the basis of costs and fines metered out by both the police and the courts.

Say for example, a PC costs £50/hour [a plumber can cost that!!!] and a van .75p/mile. Relating that to common street disturbances. If one man goes out and gets drunk, then causes the need for police attendance of two officers, a van having to be brought in with two more officers and the whole job took 2 hours, that would amount to about £450 - give the drunk the FULL cost involved!!!!!! plus a fine!! The drunks night out would be expensive. If he/she couldn't/wouldn't pay, leave the bill on his/her life file until paid.

If two or more men go out intent on crime and it takes 5 policemen, two cars a helicopter and the like - that may involve in total £15,000 - give the villains the whole costs involved plus a fine and sequestrate their assets.

Everyone should know the law and actions that are illegal, there are laws and regulations for a reason!!. Hardly anyone in the whole world is 100% honest - it is down to degrees of dishonesty and who is going to get caught. If the detection costs were being paid for by the 'result', more resources could be employed to discourage further crimes.

You know it is illegal to talk on your cell 'phone whilst driving, but you still take the chance of being spotted . If a police car with two officers gives chase and you fail to stop when challenged, expect to pay about £350 for police time plus the surrender of the 'phone and a fine.

If you speed in a car, you know it is illegal. If you are caught by a GATSO and no police time is wasted - expect to pay a nominal fine, if however you are chased by two policemen in a car AND YOU DO NOT STOP WHEN WARNED OR REQUIRED - expect to pay the full costs of their time and vehicle.

If you knowingly go out to steal, shoplift, handbag snatch, commit credit card fraud - expect to pay the costs to get you caught - for even if you ran away, you will probably be on CCTV and you probably will get caught for NOW there is an incentive to catch you!!!.

If you commit serious robbery, go equiped with guns and put up a chase when challenged, fire out of the window at the persuers - then don't expect mercy if you are seriously injured when the car is side-swiped and crashed, or when caught and the crime is proved - your house and all their belongings are seized and you are given a bill for the full costs involved - the court time alone could run into THOUSANDS and YOU should be paying the bill. That is fair - why should the tax payer pay for your holiday in jail for 18 months?

If you go out to break the democratic laws of the land - expect to pay the FULL costs - or just don't do things which are illegal.

WHAT?? YOU DISAGREE!!!! - THEN DON'T GET DRUNK & DISORDERLY, DON'T GIVE THE POLICE A REASON TO ARREST YOU, DON'T ROB, ETC.....unless you are prepared to pay the costs.

Please discuss...............................