Is theft a crime?

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Re: Is theft a crime?

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Darth Wedgius wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 8:06 pm People have been getting away with murder for a long time. The castle doctrine ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_doctrine ) lets people get away with what some people would consider murder but the law doesn't. As does "stay your ground." Or eating meat.
It is a real stretch of the imagination to think that someone is waiting for their home to be broken into just to have the opportunity to legally kill another person. i suppose it could happen, but Occam's Razor says that is an improbable explanation for a death in that situation.
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Re: Is theft a crime?

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Mickey_Rat15 wrote: Mon Jun 22, 2020 11:12 pm
Darth Wedgius wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 8:06 pm People have been getting away with murder for a long time. The castle doctrine ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_doctrine ) lets people get away with what some people would consider murder but the law doesn't. As does "stay your ground." Or eating meat.
It is a real stretch of the imagination to think that someone is waiting for their home to be broken into just to have the opportunity to legally kill another person. i suppose it could happen, but Occam's Razor says that is an improbable explanation for a death in that situation.
I think the "castle doctrine is murder" crowd isn't saying that it's a way to get away with premeditated murder. I think they're basically saying that it lets people shoot intruders that objectors to the castle doctrine don't think should be shot.

But that's my interpretation of what I think they are trying to say. Myself, I support the castle doctrine and stand your ground rules.
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Re: Is theft a crime?

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Mickey_Rat15 wrote: Mon Jun 22, 2020 11:06 pm
BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 12:49 pm
Mickey_Rat15 wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 12:39 pm Should not living up to your contractual obligations be treated the same as a mugging or a burglary? Maybe.

Should not paying rent or your car payment be treated as a mugging or burglary?
People get away with murder when someone intrudes inside their home.
What does that have to do with what my original post?

Should a failure to give a contractually olbigatory monetary renumeration be treated as a crime exactly like theft?
Well it probably shouldn't be treated the same if murder is on the menu.

Anyways I don't see much reason that dollar for dollar they get the same kind of punishment. That of course doesn't account for possibly hostile and physical crimes that might be committed in person.
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