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“RCOB” is Kim Du Toit-speak for “red curtain of blood” - that which descends over one’s eyes when encountering something horrible or inexcusably unjust (Kim defines it a little more, uh, bluntly than that).
I got a phone call awhile ago that summoned it forth.
You may recall that on June 23 Nashville police responded to a 911 call from Nashville Muslims reporting that a defaced Quran had been found on an outside stairway. Police are treating the incident as a hate crime and have consulted with the police.
Got that? A 911 call. For a defaced Quran. Hate crime. Consulted the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
This morning in Nashville the storage shed of very close relative of mine was burglarized while my relatives were at home. More than a thousand dollars of property was stolen, the shed was badly damaged. My relatives called the police.
The police refused to come, and said that if my relative provided them with serial numbers of the stolen items they’d look out for them. Oh, no serial numbers? Not interested.
The police refused to come! For a burglary! And what by any meaningful definition of the term also has to count as a home invasion.
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June 26th, 2005 at 1:55 pm
TO: Donald Sensing
RE: I Can Empathize
I’ve got serious concerns for my own PD. Indeed so do a lot of other members of the community.
On the other hand…how far is this shed from the main house? I know some techniques that can provide security.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
June 26th, 2005 at 1:59 pm
Call it 40 feet.
June 26th, 2005 at 5:13 pm
TO: Donald Sensing
RE: X10 Devices
As I type this in Denver, packing up the earthly belongs of a departed friend, my house is under the control and observation of a system I’ve put together using X10 passive infrared sensors, a software package, applescripting, my ISP and my digital phone service. If there is an intruder, I get (1) a digital text message on my cell phone and (2) an image of the intruder in my e-mail.
If I’m at home, I get an audible “Intruder Alert!” notification.
I’m working on streamlining it for commercial and consumer purposes. I’ll be looking for beta-testers come this Fall, barring other unfortunate events that require this kind of labor.
The range of the storage shed is not outside that of the X10 systems. Is there electrical power there? Not absolutely necessary, but it does help to ward off intruders if a light comes on and a voice says, “Smile. You’re image has just been sent to the police.”
Regards,
Chuck(le)
[If the police won’t do it, it’s all up to you.]
June 26th, 2005 at 5:16 pm
P.S. It will swing three ways; Macintosh, Windoz, and Linux.
June 26th, 2005 at 6:40 pm
PS Chuck, I have an answer to the question on the flag burning post, If you could find some way
to get me your e-mail I give it to you, I don’t want to post it.
LCPL Sensing
June 26th, 2005 at 7:39 pm
TO: Stephen Sensing
RE: Questions? Answers? E-Mails?
[email protected]
Regards,
Chuck(le)
June 27th, 2005 at 11:09 am
RCOB
Maybe they should have said their Bible was stolen. No, that wouldn’t have done it either….
June 27th, 2005 at 3:53 pm
Well! Welcome to England, I suppose. I was not aware that it had gotten that bad here.
June 27th, 2005 at 6:09 pm
If I deface my OWN Koran, am I committing a possible HateCrime?
Or only if it gets, er, left on a stairwell somewhere?
RCOB, indeed. I despair of the Republic, sometimes.
June 28th, 2005 at 9:29 pm
TO: Sigivald
RE: Sounds Like a Personal Problem
“If I deface my OWN Koran, am I committing a possible HateCrime?” — Sigivald
You’ve taken sado-maschocism to a new level, compadre.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
June 30th, 2005 at 2:22 pm
Metro Mishandling
According to the Tennessean, Police Chief Ronald Serpas met with Muslim leaders in the Nashville community to discuss what Serpas admits was a “mishandling of the Quran incident.” As you likely know, a copy of the Quran was burned and…