ok. let me try to make my perspective clear. you friend didn't "get" a hot dog. he stole it. now, I'm not equating stealing a hot dog to "borrowing" a $32K car-- they're certainly not equal, and the law agrees. one is petty theft, and the other is grand theft auto. but note, they both have the word "theft". theft is taking something that isnt' yours to take. that's not funny. I don't care if he dressed up in a clown suit to steal a hot dog. he stole it. nothing amusing or cool about that. if one of my friends told me an amusing anecdote about hahahaha sneaking around to steal a hahahaha hotdog, I'd say, "uh. dude. that was somebody else's lunch. and I don't care if they had a whole stack of hotdogs, you didn't pay for it, and if they had caught you sneaking in their backyard, you would've totally deserved the ass kicking you received." (and I won't even go into the fact that he was tresspassing too.) I'd say, "I hope you do the right thing and maybe go buy them a package of hot dogs. and think twice next time you're going to take something that somebody else had to work to buy."

see, it's not about the hotdogs bro. it's about stealing. if you start making petty theft ok, well then, where do you draw the line? at a hotdog? how about something that costs a few bucks? or maybe somebody's CD? or a CD player? where do you draw the line?

how about drawing the line at theft. don't steal. ever. it's not yours to take. no matter how creatively one steals something, it's theft, it's not funny, and shouldn't be supported.

now that "something" that tells you that Christople isn't going to do this again is probably right. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, that this was just a total brain-fart, and now he realizes that he could've ended up in prison. but ya know what, he knew it was wrong when he did it, else why did he sneak in? why was he so aware of the cameras? and as gingerly as he might've put those miles on the odometer, that's not his car to rack up miles on. do you get what I'm saying?

the hotdog wasn't for your friend to eat. the car wasn't for Christople to take for a joy ride.

now, the fact that you can find amusement in petty theft leads me to believe, perhaps incorrectly, that you yourself have no problem with petty theft. so where do you draw the line? at a hotdog? something more expensive? or is there some correlation between what you're allowed to steal and how amusingly you steal it?

so ok, I take back the asshole name calling. calling people names isn't nice, and certainly isn't constructive. I'm just trying to get across to you to please... don't take any pride or joy out of stealing, whether it's commited by you, a friend, or a stranger. because at the other end of that theft is somebody who had something taken from them. and that's never fun. ever.

$.02

 

you see a car with the top down, keys in the car, windows down and say "i think i will borrow it for a little while"


I have 3 words for you: Balls of steel


your a silly man though..................lol you take a car thats not yours cause the keys are there.


wow

 

or he may not have any balls at all!! just kidding chris bud

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tritium_pie
[B]



[b]how about drawing the line at theft.

 

Is this before or after you ASK if you can have that loaf of bread? And do you leave a note saying "I had to do this but as soon as I'm back on my feet I'll replace it, I hope you understand"? Rhetorical questions. Is it wrong? YES. It's ALWAYS wrong to steal. Whether it's justifiable is another matter.

 

Yeah, I lost sleep last night. I told two close friends of mine what happened. They said I shouldn't worry about it because they know other people that have done it before. That S2000 is a used one, let's hope they sell it quick so I don't have to worry.

 

I won't do this again. I will just tell others to do it. As for that pic that was my avatar, that isn't my g/f, just a good friend of mine.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Christople
[B]Yeah, I lost sleep last night.

 

Huh?? "Hey everyone, run down to the dealership in the middle of the night and test drive the s2000 that's sitting outside!"

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Christople
[B]Yeah, I lost sleep last night.

 

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