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As my father said, "S*** or get off the pot"
I originally read one post on a Costa Rica Living site. (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CostaRicaLiving/message/82330)
I made the following comments that are I believe still listed on Costa Rica Living:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CostaRicaLiving/message/82347
Here are my comments:
Hi Henry,
I don't know you, and so forgive me for commenting on a subject where I may very well be misplacing advice. Here is my impression from reading what you wrote.
You seem to have not yet decided whether you are going to "Stay and defend your property to the death" or "Call it a loss." From your past posts, your caring way that you seem to consider animals suggests to me that you could be seen as a pushover in the eyes of thugs but then when I read what you wrote today, it appears that you are getting your buttons pushed the point where you fight back.
Please be very careful.
If you are going to call it a loss, call it a loss. Why are you trying to defend your few last boards, at the risk of losing your life? That's not responsible to the people who care for you and want you alive. Just sell the scrap to someone local for cash. Get three bids, and take cash only paid in advance.
On the other hand, if you are going to stand your ground and fight, which I do not advise, you have to get a lot more serious than pepper spray. Even if it worked, that will only deter them and make them angry. Do you know how cheap it is for a thug to rent a pistol?
If you are going to stand your ground, first of all, your guard appears to have been useless. He called you to inform you? He should have shot a gun into the air. If he doesn't have a gun, considering the history of that location, he does not have the tool he needs. If the thieves do not leave the property when he fires the gun in the air, and they are close to him, he must shoot them from the front, and shoot them dead. Then you have to give him a month's bonus or three month's if he has to spend more than three days in jail.
I'm sorry, but I have to be straightforward with you: you need to have an overall strategy and stick to it, either stand your ground or leave. Pussy-footing around with a can of pepper spray is only going to get you into trouble.
Again, my apologies if I am projecting: I don't know you and I've never been to your property and I wasn't there and have no business saying any of this.
Good luck!
Peter
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Here was one email reply I received in response to that post:
As a normal pacifist who has known a LOT of people (Tico's & gringos -
8 SEPARATE incidents in ONE week!!!) that have been shot at, car
jacked, home invasioned, robbed++ all at gun point - I tend to sadly,
currently agree with you in this current Wild West society that CR
seems to have become!! -In Escazu