Non sequitur corner

The doctorvee blog has picked up my posting from earlier today about the apparent threat to use an Asbo to curb free speech.

Someone has posted this comment there:

As I said, these things are open to abuse - but until you’ve had your house broken into 8 times within a year (and I have!) by the same smackheads - it’s easy to take a flippant approach.

Can I respectfully point out that breaking and entering has always been a crime and ask how banning free speech in a Wiltshire village will deter smackheads?