c.f. Katko v. Briney.

Ideally you would use the least force (of the tools at your disposal) that is necessary to stop the theft. What lesser force could Briney have effectively used? He had already tried locking and boarding up everything, to no avail, and he certainly couldn't afford a human guard. A booby trap that dials 911 and shoots a tranquilizer dart at the criminal is a bit above the level of technology that he had to work with circa 1970 in rural Iowa.

Quote from Netrunner: they both owe each other restitution.

Precisely, they're now even.

Here, read some jurisprudence on the many variations on this theme. It's actually rather complicated

*beg for strange creatures from the briney deep

This is the bomb.

I haven't alternated between laughing and shaking my head this much since I watched that Briney Spears sympathizer.

I want everyone to upvote this, just so we can bask in the ignorance of the man who created this piece of trash.

I have been exposed to so much interesting and great music on the sift. I'd hate to have it put through someone's 'taste' filter. Hell, even some of the pop stuff is so bad, or so egregious, that it bears watching; Briney's "I Love Rock and Roll" was so stunningly bad that I had to watch it twice. Mind you, that is a lifetime supply and then some.

BTW, y'all know the *quality thing doesn't work yet, right? Not trying to discourage anything (and I think it is a very nice gesture), but so far the policy isn't implemented.

Jeez, I got a big soft spot for Briney for a variety of reasons, but damn that song is bad. And the get-up does her oft-featured (and normally admired) tummy no favours either.