Leave it to the 'eco-terrorists' to find a creative way to garner attention and avoid police intervention. The "theft of air" is the result of an act which is designed to harass the owners. Since they 'hate' SUV's and their owners I would imagine that such laws might apply as suggested by one owner. But we know those terms are agenda driven... not meant to secure justice.
 

The "Lil' Flagadas" get to grow up, whether they like it or not.

And bust their asses to provide or make ends meet.

They to get to look forward to...
Broken car windows
Slashed tires
Torched autos
Stolen car stereos
Stolen rims(wheels) & autos
Getting mugged
The rudeness of unmannered children and their unmannered grownups.

and maybe Incontinence!
"What Goes Around Comes Around"
Just because you have to wade through the muck of life, doesn't mean you have to lie down and swim in it. Unless you want to...

In belgium, many crimes and murders was going in a day. But it is not investigated strictly. Because don't to make the people suffer. It is very dangerous also. There is a chance to make more criminals in this country.
 

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Europe can learn a thing or two from India. With less than 15 mil muslims, it has so much trouble. What if it is like India with 130+ mil where majority has no rights but only the muslim minority that has most rights? Minority with rights to kill at will, rioting for Bush visit, Cartoon matter, and foul remarks of JERRY FALWELL totally **unrelated** to India or Indians?

Each of these riots caused so many deaths and so much destruction of property of a very poor country poorer than Malysia or Sri Lanka! Yes, India has more than 700 mil under the poverty line and yet INTL community is giving 12 bil to Afghan jihadis and 15 bil to fakistan's jihadis!!? What a tragic irony?

How we allow ourselves to be cheated, fooled by these muslims and jihadis over and over again? Isnt it amazing? But true!!

Belgian authorities should get acquainted with or brush up on the “broken window theory,” famously put in practice by New York's Mayor Rudy Giuliani, which led to a 70% fall in the city's murder rate. Deflating tires, narrowly construed, may not be a criminal offense. But it is a violation of your right to avail yourself of your vehicle. Left unpunished, it will escalate to more serious offenses. If you don’t want to call it a human right or a property right (which it is), just call it a "right.” Your property is involved because it will cost you money to have the car towed, etc. Your life may be involved if you cannot use the car in an emergency. Vandalism of this type offends the minimum decorum that underlies all social life.

“… Giuliani's "zero tolerance" rollout was part of an interlocking set of wider reforms, crucial parts of which had been underway since 1984. [He] had the police even more strictly enforce the law against subway fare evasion, and stopped public drinkers, urinators, and the "squeegee men" who had been wiping windshields of stopped cars and demanding payment. Rates of both petty and serious crime fell suddenly and significantly, and continued to drop for the following ten years.”
 

New Yorker

If I were in Belgium, I think I would find the auto of your "Justice" minister, Laurette Onkelinx, and deflate her tires! I'm surprised that nobody has done that-- and then see what happens.

Then perhaps someone could let the air out of her tires, every day, until she gets the point. Or (because she's probably too holier-than-thou to own a vehicle), let the air out of the tires of all her friends and the buses normally used on her route and so on.

No harm, right?

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Call me prejudiced (I'm sure some will), but I am a firm believer in laws that reflect the will of the people, rather than some elite.

What's the connection to immigrants here?  Or owning a gun?  All I said was that if the Justice Minister is systematically saying that petty crimes will not be investigated or prosecuted, then it will result in a rise in petty crime.  Then your life will be miserable.

Right now the people being affected are just gas station owners and SUV owners.  I'm assuming you're not one of the above.  I do wonder though, when Onkelinx will decide that it is important to keep up the rule of law no matter what, even for appearances.

Islam In Europe

A crime it may not be, but surely a misdemeanor punishable by a fine and permanent record? Does Belgium not have 'public nuisance' laws that cover such things as disturbing the peace and causing obstruction, where failure to desist leads to more serious consequences?

This is not the first time Onkelinx comes out with such a statement, saying that crimes will not be investigated and the crimminals prosecuted.  See here (Dutch or English)

Even if the owner gets your license plate and calls the cops, prosecution is unlikely to follow.  Laurette Onkelinx, Minister of Justice, said that it is just no use prosecuting in this kind of case.  The maximum jail time is too low, so even if a conviction is obtained the perpetrator walks away because there is not enough room in Belgian jails. 

In other words, this is a pattern - if a crime is too hard to investigate, then let the people suffer.  This is quite dangerous, as it can lead to more and more "petty crime" that is too hard to track, too difficult to prosecute and means too many crimminals for the jail system thereby leading to a miserable life for normal citizens.

Islam In Europe  

Belgium needs a gang that will let the air out of politicians heads.

Calling the deflating of tires "tire terror" is a bit far-fetched, don't you think? I can think of far more aggressive ways to protest...

Try deflating Bicycle tires.

OR:

If a flagellant deflates your tires, catch him and shave his or her hair off. No damage! It grows again instantaneously and you saved him/her at least one visit at the barber`s!

See what Onkie the donkey thinks of that.

"The deflating of tires can not be considered to be a crime."

So, if I deflate some cop cars, the cops will just stand by frothing at the mouth doing nothing?

What do people in Flanders think about it? They were asked if it is a crime (www.vrtnieuws.net):
Yes
3522 (80%)
no
896 (20%)
Politicians do have no feeling with reality anymore or they do have a secret agenda.

Belgium must be a fair and just country, You come out one morning and you have a flat tire or tires. Do they send a service vehicle to your address to re-inflate your tire or tires or due they reimburse you for calling private service vehicle to re-inflate your tires or are you just stuck, late for work (lost wages and your inconvenienced) the price of being in this wonderful country of Belgium.
If you deflated Laurette Onkelinx, the Belgian minister of (in-)justice several times a week for a month or so, her tune just might change.

This is a surprise, I thought Europeans had a law for everything. If you don't want these Flagadas, send them over here (Australia) because their work will never end. You'd think that half the population owns a mine or a cattle farm judging by the ubiquity of these pests. The bleating of the owners about high fuel costs indicates that this sort of activism may soon be redundant.

If it is no crime to deflate tires then let the air out of the tires of people who are known to support the Flagadas cause.

That is not just Belgium 2006. This is a Walloon (French speaking) Minister from the Socialist Party. That is what this is. Are we surprised, boys and girls?