Just ask the 3 guys who figured it would be a good idea to steal gas from an Italian farmer north a ways of where I live, and the consequent beating all 3 received. From the single said Italian, who is in his mid-50's. Served them right in my opinion. My dad caught a guy stealing a 3 ton truck out of our yard, the idiot was dumb enough to pull into the truckstop up the highway after taking it. Ironically my dad and 2 of his friends had been on the river all day, just getting back to town at 2 am, saw the truck driving down the highway. Turned around, followed the guy into the station, where dad jerked the guy out of the cab and beat the hell out of him in the parking lot. All the while, his lawyer, (who happened to be one of the aforementioned friends) was heard saying "Don't hit him again.. Don't hit him again..." That still makes me laugh..
Again, the idiot deserved it.
This obviously deviates quite a bit from the original thread, but since the topic was brought up..