In certain circumstances, is some crime understandable ( and laudable )?

[bozo]

In general, I agree with most of the posts in this thread.

It has been reported that failed fatcat banker Fred " the shred" Goodwin, held responsible for massive losses at the Royal Bank of Scotland, yet the beneficiary of a £ 700,000 p.a. pension, payable from age 50, has had one of his luxury homes and 2 of his luxury cars vandalised.
I would answer my own question " yes " on both counts.

This is where I disagree. This is simply outward assault upon someone's properties, and can't be accepted. Sure, he might be a bad guy who fucked over a lot of people and got rewarded for it. We can't simply tolerate people violently reacting to things they don't like. Damaging someone's car does nothing for the vandal, and is obviously not the same as stealing bread to feed your family. There is no gain. Vandals such as these should be punished.

Presumably, the people involved see direct, unlawful action as the only way of " punishing " this man, since the authorities seem either unwilling or unable to and he himself has point-blank refused to give up a penny of the pension he has somehow been awarded.
He is a very wealthy man and well able to put right the modest damages done to his property. At worst he has been inconvenienced.
As long as he or his family has not been assaulted or worse, then he should grin and bear it...and view as a wake-up call.
Of course the people themselves face punishment if/when caught...I'm sure they appreciate that.