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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikfoz" data-source="post: 1545624" data-attributes="member: 72221">Your biggest problem, and I've said this before, is that your average person down the pub doesn't actually give a damn for more than twenty seconds. Yes, if confronted with it, they'll say that it's awful and possibly even be outraged, but then they'll see something shiny and wander off. Faced with this apathy, and the cry from the public to arrest burglars, car thieves and suchlike, the police are unlikely to be massively bothered once the press and local politicians see something shiny, too. Personally I'd love to see the perpetrators dealt with harshly but yet again they'll probably get away with it and the law will not be enforced. Until conservation finally is understood and cared about with due respect by the general population we don't stand a chance.</blockquote>