2006-08-11 08:44:02 · 35 answers · asked by gabe l 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
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2006-08-11 08:50:44 · answer #1 · answered by angelcake 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you steal once you would not necessarily be considered a thief, because almost everyone has done it, so as long as it wasn't anything big they would probably just think you once stole something but had now got over it. Being a thief suggests that you do it regularly or professionally, and are not to be trusted.
However few of us have committed murder, and we regard it very seriously, so if you murdered someone we would feel you were different to us and we would call you a murderer.
2006-08-11 13:09:13 · answer #2 · answered by hi_patia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree. Everyone put a stick of gum in their pants pocket when they were 4 years old. It's when you steal and know it's wrong that your a thief. Murder depends on the situation. I killed a lot of people in my line of work so i don't feel like a murderer just a good soldier. Killing anything for fun is definitely wrong. But perception is ones own reality so others most likely feel differently about your question. No body has the correct answer. Opinions are like asssholes we all have one.
2006-08-11 21:10:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A very perceptive question. I know what you mean, you do a crime then do the time, but you still keep the label. This demonstrates a failure to sepereate the crime from the criminal. But after the punishment they certainly should be seperated. To do otherwise is grossly unfair, and it reduces the insentive to go straight. Of course, the same principle should apply to all crimes, including paedophilia. Yes, I know that will be unpopular, but unfortunately, they have included under the umbrella term 'paedophilia' activities that most sensible people would not place under the same heading as 'child sex'. I am referring to things like, sex between an eighteen year old and a fifteen year old, downloading images, etc. 'Rape' has also become something of an umbrella term embracing serious crimes involving genuine trauma, to what I would describe as 'technical rape' where there is probably minimal emotional damage. I blame feminism for this.
2006-08-15 06:52:48 · answer #4 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aw come on folks thats a bit harsh! what about children? they often steal a sweet not fully appreciating its bad, are they to be labelled a thief for ever? Its hardly the same thing as murder - i mean who ever went to court for murdering a kebab?
2006-08-11 09:01:50 · answer #5 · answered by sumbitchfaeglesga 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and yes but you can ask for forgiveness the stealing part i might think that you can be forgiven for and they say god forgives us for our sin if we ask him to. I wouldn't be to concerned with the stealing part just don't do it anymore but the murdering thing that is some serious ****. I will leave that question up to you to figure out
2006-08-14 07:01:24 · answer #6 · answered by j_lynn_1973 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by definition if you steal you are a thief and if you murder, you ARE a murderer, very simply
2006-08-11 08:47:58 · answer #7 · answered by jen jen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A thief is someone who makes an occupation of it.
Don't trip. Life is not a mathematical equation, so you cannot expect to apply a formula; indiscriminately.
2006-08-11 08:57:57 · answer #8 · answered by limendoz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the murder part........yeah, but the thief part, thechnically yes, but no if its a one-time thing
2006-08-11 09:21:15 · answer #9 · answered by +*♥Janai Stayz Ballin♥*+ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they are both activities that evoke a stigma after being done just once.
Now if you do some weeding you are not a gardener and if you dance once you are by no means a dancer!!
2006-08-11 08:51:15 · answer #10 · answered by zebra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uhhh yeah...how many times do you ahve to steal to be considered a thief? and as far as murder...that's a given, one time is all it takes!
2006-08-11 18:54:31 · answer #11 · answered by bubblz135 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋