Doug Kanter wrote:

If you were faced with the hypothetical muffler situation I described, and
you could predict no end to it, you would put a stop to it in any way you
could before you'd let the neighbor drive you mad from sleep deprivation.

Not everyone approaches problems the way you describe yourself doing.
It's easy to say there is no way to solve a situation so that then you
can take justice into your own hands.


However, for the purpose of this discussion, it's convenient for you to
claim otherwise.

I made no claim of any sort.

I have a neighbor whose dog often comes into my yard to poop. I've
spoken to this neighbor several times about it and he's always
apologetic but with mixed results. Another neighbor who observed this
suggested I smear dog poop under the door handles of his car, or fling
it at his house.

Instead, when his dog poops in my yard I call him up and ask him to come
over and clean it up, which he cheerfully does.

Do I like his dog coming over here? No, but this solution is acceptable.
I'm happy, the neighbor is happy, and his dog is happy (I presume). I'm
not sitting here with smoke coming out of my ears dreaming up revenge so
I can feel smug about seeing some jerk get what's coming to them.

-- Charlie