[chucksmash]

Would a thief not take precautions to avoid having his own home robbed just because he is a thief himself?

There are many things countries and people do which they will not accept having done to them in turn.

[rchaud]

True, but if an objective party was reporting on this, I think they would mention that it was in fact a thief taking such precautions, rather than a non-descript local resident.