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I’d hate to trust in the mercy of WalMart.

• trav4225 9y ago
  then let them bring charges. :-) no one's being forced to do a single thing here. it's a fake injustice.
  • QAPereo 9y ago
    Of course the typical Walmart shoplifter will be educated about the law and have ready access to legal advice. /s Edit: To Rowdown... Even better HN could charge a fee for throwaways and donate the proceeds to legal aid funds. You’d be doing a lot of good.
    • rowdown 9y ago
      Yes, the problem is we need to educate our petty criminals better and reduce the penalities for petty crime. We can pay for it by increasing parking tickets and car pool lane violations.
    • trav4225 9y ago
      I hear ya. I just see that angle (education) as being a tangential issue. If Walmart's purpose here is indeed to exploit people's ignorance rather than to give them a second chance, then I'm with you 100%. :)