i reckon everyone is guilty of theft.with the exception of the very young.really think about it.ever taken a pencil from school,a paper clip from the office.etc,etc,etc.no matter how small, it is still theft.
2006-09-06 01:31:32 · 24 answers · asked by pageys 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
may i remind some,you can be charged with the offence, stealing by finding.is stealing not theft!
2006-09-06 06:59:43 · update #1
In the book 'The kite runner', the father explained to the son that we are all guilty of theft because if we lie, we steal the truth, if we kill we steal a life and a family member, if we ignore people, we steal their chance to be heard. I have to say I agree. I'm not sure if this is what you meant but it is somehting to consider a little further.
2006-09-06 01:50:21 · answer #1 · answered by Emma O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theft is a concept where possession exist. If there is no possession there is no theft. If no one cares that you took a pencil and it would have been freely given then I believe no theft has occurred. Not everyone is guilty of theft even where possession exists but we see so much selfishness and lack of consideration for others that it is easy to believe this isn't so. Some people have never stolen anything, not a pencil or a paper clip or anything. It is rare because such honesty is not valued in our society. We call those people freaks. Our values are closer to the video game Vice City which glorifies the opposite. I love that game. Our culture believes it's fun to be bad so people are thrilled by doing what they believe are bad things like taking pencils and paper clips from the office. Bad people, bad!
2006-09-06 02:13:42 · answer #2 · answered by Paisley T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theft, under S.1 Theft Act 1968, is dishonestly appropriating property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it. Theoretically it would be theft to take anything from a hotel, but in practice most hotels charge a surcharge to cover any thefts so you've already paid for what you take. Nevertheless you'd still be found guilty of theft, although the CPS wouldn't prosecute because it's not in the public interest to prosecute someone who takes some shampoo from a hotel.
2006-09-06 01:42:27 · answer #3 · answered by quierounvaquero 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am naturally suspicious of all generalizations but I am certainly guilty of theft.
What about being an accessory after the fact?
Most developed countries have benefited in some way from 'exploiting' (often shamelessly stealing) the assets of less developed countries. There are past and present invasions to consider but think of this:
The third world is paying more to the first world (interest on loans etc.) than it is receiving in aid!
2006-09-06 06:42:49 · answer #4 · answered by jayelthefirst 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes, everyone is guilty of miniscule-time theft (that's like small-time theft, only smaller) at some point. I used to steal sugar from my mum's jar in the kitchen.
You, personally, are also guilty of that heinous crime: not using a shift key.
2006-09-06 01:36:22 · answer #5 · answered by Steve-Bob 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is only theft when someone claims to own something.
Who can really claim to own anything, when you haven't invented it and on the money you pay for it with, says 'I promise to pay the bearer of ***$ I promise to pay means its a loan! Money and material values are all relative, so were not just stealing where being robed!
2006-09-06 10:26:47 · answer #6 · answered by surfer soul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I realised as I took my seat in the bus, that my travel card actually expired yesterday. I could not remember to have it renewed this morning. The driver during the rush of passengers boarding the bus could not read my card properly to check the expiry date, so he let me in, or I got in without knowing that I can’t.
Now sitting in the bus I remember, and I feel guilty. I am thinking - should I ask the driver to stop the bus and let me out, or shall I pay the bus fair in cash, making the drive realise that he has not been doing his duty properly. How would he feel?
So I decide to stay quite and finish my fifteen minutes journey - free of charge of course.
2006-09-06 02:45:50 · answer #7 · answered by Shahid 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So theft is in its self is the norm You would have to redefine the word and your understanding of it to make a less general statement .
Who knows a greeting of "Hi you old thief "might end up a term of respect and endearment
2006-09-06 04:34:25 · answer #8 · answered by Jim G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
intelectual theft is taught by our schools and even more so by the internet
physical theft has been commited by everyone apart from small babies (if you look hard enough)
2006-09-06 08:51:51 · answer #9 · answered by havantascooby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you know that there is actually a law that states that it is illegal to record anything from your tv? Ridiculous but true, and its outmoded, but technically every single person who has ever so much as recorded eastenders is thieving it from the bbc?!!
Honestly!
2006-09-06 03:33:40 · answer #10 · answered by keiraebony 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋