Robbed In La Boca Yesterday, No Access To Cctv?

[Redpossum]

Oh, stuff a sock in it. I'm not gay and you're not a homophobe, so let's just not go there.

He was overdoing the macho posturing thing a bit, and that was my off the cuff reaction.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

A while back there was a humorous map of the city being passed around on facebook etc with all the "Palermos" listed. I couldn't find it, only a La Nacion article that apparently took it seriously that there is a Palermo Dead now (chacarita).

http://www.lanacion....e-multiplicarse

Don't forget Palermo Outlet (Villa Crespo).

 

[ajoknoblauch]

Most folks in Buenos Aries get by without guns because few criminals have them.

If you knew as much about Ayn and as you pretend to, you might know that she did not advocate carrying guns:

Question to Ayn Rand: What is your opinion of gun control laws?

Answer by Ayn Rand: "I do not know enough about it to have an opinion, except to say that it is not of primary importance. Forbidding guns or registering them is not going to stop criminals from having them; nor is it a great threat to the private, non-criminal citizen if he has to register the fact that he has a gun. It is not an important issue, unless you're ready to begin a private uprising right now, which isn't very practical." [Ford Hall Forum, 1971]

Question to Ayn Rand: What's your attitude toward gun control?

Answer by Ayn Rand: "It is a complex, technical issue in the philosophy of law. Handguns are instruments for killing people -- they are not carried for hunting animals -- and you have no right to kill people. You do have the right to self-defense, however. I don't know how the issue is going to be resolved to protect you without giving you the privilege to kill people at whim."
[Ford Hall Forum, 1973]

A great deal has changed since the early 1970's when she answered the above questions (in the United States).

Though she advocated the right to self defense, Ayn Rand's philosophy had absolutely nothing to do with the decision I made whether or not to own a gun where I now live.

PS: I've never known an Ayn Rand fan who owned a gun.

When things get tough, Steve can always quote Scripture!

 

[Napoleon]

Don't forget Palermo Outlet (Villa Crespo).

Palermo Outlet is IN Palermo Queens.

 

[ghost]

Is Elortondo a trendy sort of hangout then?

Trendy, no. [ trendy is P. Hollywood and such] Just an area that is a nice place to live and until recently has stayed trouble free.

 

[Gringoboy]

Sounds like La Lucila.

 

[BAPaul]

Thanks for the reply guys, I am back in the UK now as it was a 2 week visit to see my girl there. I gave up on the cctv idea but I will try to claim on the holiday insurance I had anyway. The camera was a sony digital one 5 years old and I reckon not even worth £20 here so they wont get much for it, also had a burn mark on the front that my brother accidentally did once, so it was not even a good steal, more upset that they stole my rucksack which had Spanish phrasebook in it and Buenos Aires map lol....lucky I had put most of the 200 photos on to my computer that morning, and it was only the 20 so photos I took of San Telmo and Boca that day that I wont see again.
In the future I will get a taxi straight to there and back or go with others.

One thing though is I am aware of my surroundings and always looking around, I thought these 4 did not pose any threat and there were others about just walking through the streets, like I saw one guy entering his house with his kids, and others that these 4 just walked by, when they stopped though, they never seemed to look back or know I was close to them as I was looking forward the whole time and about to pass them...so this leads me to think that maybe someone else was on a mobile to them and watching from a window or something, and then gave the signal to turn...they actually stopped at a building and one put his finger on the house number keypad of a building so as to appear that they were calling on someone, but then they turned on me as I was right near them...so I just want to make others aware that this may be one thing that they do, they may run it like a military operation and have there little set up like this, maybe they live in that street, or maybe they live across the water as I have read many of the thieves do...I have read similar stories online where one guy even chased one of 4 and caught him and got his camera back and waited for the police, and others who have been robbed by a similar 4 kids or by guys on motorcycles, maybe I will put all this on a blog soon so to warn others of the methods etc.

It's a pity I did not have more time there as I would call up the guys I know and we would stake out that area in cars until we see them and teach them a little lesson, maybe even get the camera back, but in time the faces will be forgotten I think as I can just about picture 2 of them, the thing is these kids probably do this a few times a day if not more and go round and round targeting people one after the other...it would be great if there was some kind of vigilante group out to stop them and teach them a lesson, but people do not have the time or energy do they, and those who live there probably don't even care what goes on in their neighbourhood and just look out for themselves..oh well life goes on..I hope the camera goes dead on them or explodes in their face or something lol....and I wish I had put fish hooks in my bag now lol...hope they enjoy reading my Spanish phrasebook if they can read that is.

 

[Gringoboy]

I wouldn't surprise me if they're main line of comms was Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter or some other social media mate.

 

[steveinbsas]

It's a pity I did not have more time there as I would call up the guys I know and we would stake out that area in cars until we see them and teach them a little lesson....

It's really good that you did not do this. If an adult hits a minor in Argentina it is a serious crime. It's true that nothing would happen to the young thugs, even if you could identify them to the police. However, if you and the guys you know had taught them a "little lesson" and they could identify you, they would not be the ones with a serious problem with the police, You would probably also have a problem with migraciones and not be able to return to Argentina in the future.

 

[PhilipDT]

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It's really good that you did not do this. If an adult hits a minor in Argentina it is a serious crime. It's true that nothing would happen to the young thugs, even if you could identify them to the police. However, if you and the guys you know had taught them a "little lesson" and they could identify you, they would not be the ones with a serious problem with the police, You would probably also have a problem with migraciones and not be able to return to Argentina in the future.

I don't know, if you call it a lynchamento you'll have the open support of the majority of the population and the tacit support of the majority of the opposition politicians. You'll have to deal with the condemnation of the Papa though.