One For the "_____s Cause Crime" Files

First came the all-too familiar battlecry of the liberal gun-grabbers, Guns cause crime! Then, we had the New York City Transit Police telling us that iPods cause crime. And the latest, you ask?

High gas prices cause crime.

Pump And Runs Increasing At Gas Stations

BOSTON -- High prices at the pumps are fueling a rash of so-called "pump and runs," in which a driver fills up his tank and takes off without paying.

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Now, there are no more pump and pays at the station. Customers must either use a credit card or pay first and then fill up.

"I am usually on the road for business. I am in a hurry. If there is bad weather and I am headed to an appointment, I don't feel like walking all the way in. It's an inconvenience," one motorist said.

Huh?

So now, having to actually pay for a product is an "inconvenience"?

Not wanting to get out of your car for fear of getting rained on is justification for theft now?

So, if there's no full-service gas station nearby, or a credit card-operated gas pump, then it's now OK to just drive off without paying? You had to get out of your fucking car to pump the gas, you lazy pussy! How much more "inconvenient" would it be to drag your fat ass over to the cashier's window and pay for the fucking gas you just put into your car?

Or is the menial task of pumping your own gas below you, your royal highness? Why, I mean, that is the work of commoners and peasants!

Massachusetts Senator John "That's Not My SUV" Kerry was unavailable for comment.