Abin Sur
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Thu Nov-24-11 02:39 PM
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| 28. I think I'm glad they got caught, and hope they're prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. |
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This isn't 19th Century France, and they're not Jean Valjean.
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| -My son saw shoplifters nailed at Wal Mart yesterday. Tell me what do you think? |
ThomWV |
Nov-24-11 01:17 PM |
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shoplifting for profit? To sell the stuff? |
Liberal_in_LA |
Nov-24-11 01:19 PM |
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That's what I think. n/t |
tammywammy |
Nov-24-11 01:21 PM |
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Bottom line..they are thieves. |
Bonhomme Richard |
Nov-24-11 01:20 PM |
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They shoulda stolen BIG, like the Walton family. n/t |
Orsino |
Nov-25-11 11:52 AM |
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What do you have against a heart-warming, humble, fictional family of TV characters? |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 12:55 PM |
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Budding capitalists |
lunatica |
Nov-24-11 01:20 PM |
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Black market... |
Dennis Donovan |
Nov-24-11 01:22 PM |
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Could be ..... |
ThomWV |
Nov-24-11 01:24 PM |
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You're kidding right? |
lunatica |
Nov-24-11 01:28 PM |
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and 6 carts is not one hell of a lot of security. Really, not much at all |
ThomWV |
Nov-24-11 01:32 PM |
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Not much food security? |
karynnj |
Nov-25-11 11:09 AM |
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perhaps they stole a big freezer @ bestbuy earlier in the day? |
elehhhhna |
Nov-25-11 01:43 PM |
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Your stats only underscore my point |
Dennis Donovan |
Nov-24-11 01:33 PM |
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OK I thought you were being critical of my idea |
lunatica |
Nov-24-11 01:52 PM |
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In DC there is a black market for Tide detergent. Shoplifters wipe the |
Glimmer of Hope |
Nov-24-11 06:35 PM |
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Tide is better for shoplifting than groceries. |
JVS |
Nov-25-11 07:55 AM |
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I thought they are hungry |
riverbendviewgal |
Nov-24-11 01:21 PM |
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me too. 6 carts of grocery? they've done it before. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Nov-24-11 01:22 PM |
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Obviously, it wasn't going to be consumed by the thieves. |
Dennis Donovan |
Nov-24-11 01:26 PM |
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They stole food... |
Dennis Donovan |
Nov-24-11 01:21 PM |
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Working in the grocery biz myself |
Sherman A1 |
Nov-24-11 01:22 PM |
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Sounds like a lot more to it than simply being needy. |
TheCowsCameHome |
Nov-24-11 01:22 PM |
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Nov-24-11 01:25 PM |
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Such kind words for the Roma... |
ellisonz |
Nov-24-11 01:47 PM |
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Contrarian view. Maybe they were liberating the food stuffs |
coalition_unwilling |
Nov-24-11 01:26 PM |
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Food is a necessity. When necessities are... liberated... ;-) |
Dennis Donovan |
Nov-24-11 01:29 PM |
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There's a market for anything that's cheaper than retail |
sylvi |
Nov-24-11 04:34 PM |
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But, in tough times, such food black markets become necessities.... |
Dennis Donovan |
Nov-25-11 06:58 AM |
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or even a very large extended family back at home - I do not know. |
ThomWV |
Nov-24-11 01:29 PM |
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Actually, it is the prosecutor who decides the charge depending on value of food. |
dixiegrrrrl |
Nov-24-11 01:40 PM |
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Thank you, I should have realized that. |
ThomWV |
Nov-24-11 03:38 PM |
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That would be disgusting, IMO. I work with the largest food bank in the world- we don't need and... |
NYC_SKP |
Nov-24-11 01:41 PM |
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Optimist. |
YellowRubberDuckie |
Nov-24-11 06:32 PM |
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Soon to get job offers on Wall Street |
formercia |
Nov-24-11 01:38 PM |
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What I think? |
SomethingFishy |
Nov-24-11 01:53 PM |
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This was out and out theft |
Pigheaded |
Nov-24-11 02:00 PM |
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Nov-24-11 02:11 PM |
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Way to show the spirit of the holidays. (nt) |
idiotgardener |
Nov-24-11 04:03 PM |
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Nov-24-11 03:01 PM |
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Nov-24-11 04:03 PM |
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My first thought is they may be selling the food. |
Iggo |
Nov-24-11 01:59 PM |
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I think I'm glad they got caught, and hope they're prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. |
Abin Sur |
Nov-24-11 02:39 PM |
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Just like the people who broke into my car over & over were stealing tools so they could go to work |
NBachers |
Nov-24-11 02:56 PM |
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How exactly were you "distracted" enough for someone to make off with |
Missy Vixen |
Nov-24-11 06:18 PM |
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I'm sorry, the parking lot wasn't deserted and I never said it was- read again carefully |
NBachers |
Nov-25-11 08:44 AM |
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My view - something is wrong in this country if this is what folks resort to. Just sad. nt |
TBF |
Nov-24-11 03:02 PM |
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A few thoughts that rushed through my mind in no particular order |
Jack Rabbit |
Nov-24-11 03:16 PM |
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thieves... $1000 should put them in jail through the holidays! |
IamK |
Nov-24-11 03:27 PM |
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maybe they were really hungry or really fat.... |
IamK |
Nov-24-11 03:29 PM |
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Maybe that was the intent - the arrest not the food |
nadine_mn |
Nov-24-11 06:29 PM |
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Dennis Donovan |
Nov-25-11 07:00 AM |
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A whole cart ? |
nini |
Nov-24-11 03:31 PM |
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It was 6 carts n/t |
tammywammy |
Nov-24-11 03:42 PM |
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Did they fire the employees? |
proud2BlibKansan |
Nov-24-11 03:52 PM |
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Not needy, just greedy (n/m) |
ProudToBeBlueInRhody |
Nov-24-11 03:57 PM |
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6 carts of food |
minavasht |
Nov-24-11 04:38 PM |
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They had to do two carts each before security made a move? |
AnotherDreamWeaver |
Nov-24-11 05:02 PM |
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Robin Hoods? |
eShirl |
Nov-24-11 05:05 PM |
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Or, robbing hoods... |
MilesColtrane |
Nov-24-11 06:54 PM |
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I think they were foolish to press their luck after the fifth cart n/t |
fishwax |
Nov-24-11 05:08 PM |
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Some Walmarts demand to see a receipt before you leave the store.. |
HipChick |
Nov-24-11 05:21 PM |
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I've seen that, too. |
Rhiannon12866 |
Nov-24-11 05:40 PM |
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The stunt which was prevalent in the UK a few years back |
dipsydoodle |
Nov-24-11 06:41 PM |
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"cart" in the US |
jberryhill |
Nov-24-11 09:21 PM |
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lol |
dipsydoodle |
Nov-25-11 03:00 AM |
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Yeah, I could never figure out... |
jberryhill |
Nov-25-11 03:23 AM |
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Broadly speaking |
dipsydoodle |
Nov-25-11 03:53 AM |
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Wagon Train. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-25-11 09:30 AM |
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So, then the US and UK are both wrong - it is a "shopping wagon" |
jberryhill |
Nov-26-11 02:36 PM |
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Those thieves are going to end up paying a whole lot more for that food than they whould have... |
slackmaster |
Nov-24-11 06:33 PM |
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My guess is food insecurity |
Horse with no Name |
Nov-24-11 06:58 PM |
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Either they're victims or martyrs. |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-24-11 08:03 PM |
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I see a third possibility |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 12:27 PM |
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Baseless insult against people trying to alleviate hunger? |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-25-11 12:39 PM |
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Maybe they did it for money |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 12:54 PM |
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If there is a black market for food, then that means the legal system has failed, |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-25-11 01:03 PM |
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Not necessarily. There is a black market for cigarettes because people can get them cheaper... |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 01:08 PM |
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If the family had six shopping carts of cigarettes, I would not be defending them. |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-25-11 01:23 PM |
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I'm sure more than one crook has been thrown in jail screaming "Laws are abstract constructs!" |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 01:26 PM |
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Heaven's Gate cultists killed themselves so they could ascend into |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-25-11 01:38 PM |
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Come and see the violence inherent in the system |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 02:20 PM |
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Exactly. They all have a different perspective on authority, because authority |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-25-11 02:35 PM |
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If anti-theft laws are abstract, so is the "right" of shoplifters not to be shot by storekeepers |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 02:45 PM |
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"If anti-theft laws are abstract, so is the "right" of shoplifters not to be shot by storekeepers" |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-25-11 03:05 PM |
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There is NO evidence here that the incident described in the OP had anything to do with hunger |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 04:08 PM |
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They stole food. So I think there are two likely scenarios: |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-25-11 05:00 PM |
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They have captives confined in their basement |
jberryhill |
Nov-24-11 09:22 PM |
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I don't care for w-mart, but stealing isn't usually necessary |
bhikkhu |
Nov-24-11 09:32 PM |
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Your comment reminds me of what I saw when I was a little girl |
Catherine Vincent |
Nov-24-11 09:39 PM |
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I always wondered how people got away with leaving with unbagged groceries |
Blasphemer |
Nov-24-11 10:47 PM |
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Oddly enough, in a busy grocery store, walking out with a cart of unbagged grocies is a good plan. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-25-11 03:09 AM |
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My motto "always act like you know what you are doing" |
jberryhill |
Nov-25-11 03:25 AM |
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I actually got into a friend's secure office building, and onto his floor, that way. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-25-11 09:25 AM |
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Here's a question: After one weighs and labels a bag of fruit, say, who's to stop him from putting |
WinkyDink |
Nov-25-11 07:03 AM |
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No one. And nothing. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-25-11 09:27 AM |
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Theft pisses me off. I worked in a grocery store - a big one - and we lost a lot to theft. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-25-11 03:05 AM |
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Dennis Donovan |
Nov-25-11 07:01 AM |
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What I think? I think they stole food. That's what I think. (What am I missing here?) |
WinkyDink |
Nov-25-11 07:01 AM |
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I think they ought to get as much time as the banksters who wrecked the economy.. |
Fumesucker |
Nov-25-11 07:17 AM |
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I KNOW they're thieves. Don't have to think about it, its evident - |
lynne |
Nov-25-11 07:36 AM |
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six carts? i guess they don't 'shop' often |
spanone |
Nov-25-11 08:46 AM |
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wouldn't each person be charged separately, and only for the value |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Nov-25-11 08:55 AM |
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IMHO, shoplifting is theft. |
blue neen |
Nov-25-11 09:00 AM |
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It'sbeen my experience that retailers don't worry so much about custmers stealing |
notadmblnd |
Nov-25-11 09:01 AM |
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Are they executives at Bank of America, by any chance? |
jberryhill |
Nov-25-11 11:01 AM |
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What's to think - they are theives - period |
karynnj |
Nov-25-11 11:07 AM |
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Yep. |
GoCubsGo |
Nov-25-11 11:46 AM |
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Their error... |
krispos42 |
Nov-25-11 11:09 AM |
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Aspiring bankers? |
Danascot |
Nov-25-11 12:26 PM |
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They are serious, big time, shoplifters who deserve more than just a "slap on the wrist". |
Quantess |
Nov-25-11 01:39 PM |
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Must have been really hungry. |
BiggJawn |
Nov-25-11 02:52 PM |
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