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Angry Villagers Run Google Out of Town

Posted by samzenpus on from the and-stay-out dept.

Barence writes "A Google Street View car has been chased out of a British village by angry residents. The car was taking photographs of Broughton in Buckinghamshire for Google's when it was spotted by a local resident who warned the car not to enter the village then roused his neighbors, who surrounded the vehicle until the driver performed a U-turn and left. 'This is an affluent area,' protester Paul Jacobs said. 'We've already had three burglaries locally in the past six weeks. If our houses are plastered all over Google it's an invitation for more criminals to strike. I was determined to make a stand, so I called the police.'"

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  1. You left out a rule by coryking · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Rule #3: Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

    How that fits in with the theme of this story and the discussion soon to follow, I'll leave to the dear reader.

  2. Re:What kind of cowards do they hire? by Kelson · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think the obvious solution here is to equip Google cars with sharks. I don't care how angry your mob is, lets see it mess with a shark.

    Especially if those sharks have frickin' laser beams!

  3. Re:Surprising by theodicey · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Or torched like the car owned by a paed...iatrician.

  4. Re:Ah, Little Britain... by RiotingPacifist · · Score: 0, Redundant

    i think you mean league of gentlemen

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  5. Re:Glad to see.. by Hal_Porter · · Score: 0, Redundant

    [Draws sword and swishes the air menacingly]
    My Good Sir! I demand satisfaction!

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