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Do you need to be hungry and poor, or just hungry? If latter - you can just help yourself in the supermarket whenever you wish?

• lorenzhs 10y ago
  To quote the article, the court ruled the way it did because he took those things "in the face of the immediate and essential need for nourishment". Having a craving in the supermarket is not the same thing.
  • krzrak 10y ago
    One doesn't need to be poor to experience "immediate and essential need for nourishment". I.e. you couldn't have time to eat breakfast, and you forgot to take your wallet with you.
    • lorenzhs 10y ago
      Nope, that's called being hungry, not starving. Skipping breakfast does not make an essential need for nourishment. If you're a healthy person you'd probably be fine without food for at least a couple of days, so you don't have an excuse to go around stealing stuff ;)
      • krzrak 10y ago
        Maybe you're right :) Anyway, my point is: theft is always theft. One may get lighter punishment because of the motives, but still should be punished. It's really hard to die of starvation in modern society.