Talk:Robbery
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Kind of would be fun to have a list of largest robberies in each and every country. Or even the damn ones for that matter
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[edit] Largest British robbery
Is the BBC link obsolete, after the £26.5m Northern Bank robbery last December?
[edit] Robber masks
What's the history of these masks? You know, the stereotypical "thug" black cloth mask with eyeholes, that you see the McDonals Hamburglar wearing.
[edit] Bandit
Bandit redirects here, but wasn't there a 80's movie named Bandit? Shouldn't there be a disbiguation (sic) page?--Saoshyant talk / contribs (I don't like Wikipedophiles) 10:30, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Yea, why IS bandit redirected here? A Bandit is the one doing the robbery, not the action itself. Maybe it should redirect to Outlaw or Thief instead? Ageofe 03:49, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Actual or threatened force against the person
- This section of the article is comletely blank. I can't find where there wa anything there recently in the history —The preceding unsigned comment was added by EMT1871 (talk • contribs) 21:16, 21 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] punishments of common robbery
punishment of robbery is decided due to the following ;1- if the perp etrator used force or —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 155.232.128.10 (talk) 12:53, 22 March 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Is taxation a form of robbery?
In this article I encountered the unsourced statement, "Taxation is a form of robbery used by government authorities." At first I decided to use the Declaration of Independence as a source, but then changed my mind. What's the best way to fix this statement to neutralize its POV? 38.100.34.2 14:42, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
- Just remove it, robbery by definition does not include taxation. LDHan 15:19, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Article Clean Up and Reorganization
I propose to make the following changes to this article. I'll leave this post on the discussion board for a few days to see if anyone objects, before actually making the changes.
First, Robbery is not only an English law subject. It's a common law crime. Therefore, I will remove the template EngCrimLaw. I will replace it with the teimplate CrimLaw.
Second, I will reorganize the article to this format:
- Common law definition
- English Law
- U.S. Law
- Misc.
Finally, I will remove the etymology section and replace it with a cite directly following the word robbery which will reference the same information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by G77 (talk • contribs) 19:01, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
+1--I was (am) a little confused by the description being UK centric. There is nothing wrong with the UK being covered or even central, but:
- it should be clear (I missed it at first) that a major part of the article focused on the UK
- other jurisdictions should be covered (or provision for such coverage)
- and a general coverage should exist, stuff that is common to all or most jurisdictions (or is just a general description of "Robbery"--maybe that is covered sufficiently in the introduction to the article.--Ahh, looks like your common law section will cover that.
Thanks for your (planned) efforts! Rhkramer (talk) 20:05, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Etymology
Something doesn't belong:
"John Deli will be receiving 10 years federal time because he broke and entered, stole alot of money and waived to the camera... It was also a former employer of his. The 49ers will win a Super Bowl before he is released.. With good behavior he will be out in 7..." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jack The Fisherman (talk • contribs) 21:23, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
