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Did anyone else find the attitude of this article outrageous? Bragging about sending a young man to prison over her blackberry?

niekmaas 16y ago
No, this article is about using publicly available information to send a guy to jail that committed multiple crimes. It's not just about her blackberry it's about taking stuff that belongs to somebody else.
humbledrone 16y ago
It's much more likely that the two year prison sentence was due to the young man's violation of his probation than for petty theft. Anyway, I didn't think the author was bragging about the prison sentence -- that was up to a judge to decide. Rather, the author was bragging about tracking the guy down. Surely you don't think the thief should have gotten away with his crime scot-free?
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Confusion 16y ago
He should have stolen the entire car before you would have him sent to prison? If someone were to pickpocket a single $1 bill from my pocket, I'd want him to be punished, to try and deter him from doing it again.
- bdigital 16y ago
  Well there are different theories of justice. Deterrence is certainly one, but rehabilitation is another theory that should be considered. I'm not sure what the correct response is, but the article conveyed an attitude that this was a clear cut narrative on the triumph of good over evil, casting herself as the heroine. Another perspective is that a common thief, desperate to make ends meet, becomes the victim of a vindictive blogger. Guess I'm alone on this one :).
  - user24 16y ago
    fwiw I agree, it left a sour taste in my mouth. Sounded far too much like she got wrapped up in her own empowerment and didn't think about whether just maybe letting it go was a better option. Compare with this story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89164759 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8916475...
    - bdigital 16y ago
      now that's a triumph of good over evil narrative I can get behind. thanks for the reply -- great article.
  - brown9-2 16y ago
    a common thief, desperate to make ends meet How do you know this?
    - desigooner 16y ago
      exactly. if anything, this guy was a lazy one who didn't work for a living, mooched off people's things and belongings and had all the time in the world for an active social life. if one is that desperate to make ends meet, and i've seen such people, they'd be busting their asses and not lazying around in the parks or malls with girlfriends
  - davidw 16y ago
    The US could certainly do more for the poor, but when you steal other people's things, you are not the victim any more.
  - philwelch 16y ago
    If he's actually poor and desperate, at least now he has a roof over his head and three meals a day. As it stands, this guy had time and money for leisure activities like social networks, and his own friends were surprised he didn't have a legitimate job. That doesn't strike me as something you can say about someone forced into poverty by their circumstances.
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niekmaas 16y ago

No, this article is about using publicly available information to send a guy to jail that committed multiple crimes. It's not just about her blackberry it's about taking stuff that belongs to somebody else.

humbledrone 16y ago

It's much more likely that the two year prison sentence was due to the young man's violation of his probation than for petty theft. Anyway, I didn't think the author was bragging about the prison sentence -- that was up to a judge to decide. Rather, the author was bragging about tracking the guy down. Surely you don't think the thief should have gotten away with his crime scot-free?

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Confusion 16y ago

He should have stolen the entire car before you would have him sent to prison? If someone were to pickpocket a single $1 bill from my pocket, I'd want him to be punished, to try and deter him from doing it again.

bdigital 16y ago
Well there are different theories of justice. Deterrence is certainly one, but rehabilitation is another theory that should be considered. I'm not sure what the correct response is, but the article conveyed an attitude that this was a clear cut narrative on the triumph of good over evil, casting herself as the heroine. Another perspective is that a common thief, desperate to make ends meet, becomes the victim of a vindictive blogger. Guess I'm alone on this one :).
- user24 16y ago
  fwiw I agree, it left a sour taste in my mouth. Sounded far too much like she got wrapped up in her own empowerment and didn't think about whether just maybe letting it go was a better option. Compare with this story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89164759 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8916475...
  - bdigital 16y ago
    now that's a triumph of good over evil narrative I can get behind. thanks for the reply -- great article.
- brown9-2 16y ago
  a common thief, desperate to make ends meet How do you know this?
  - desigooner 16y ago
    exactly. if anything, this guy was a lazy one who didn't work for a living, mooched off people's things and belongings and had all the time in the world for an active social life. if one is that desperate to make ends meet, and i've seen such people, they'd be busting their asses and not lazying around in the parks or malls with girlfriends
- davidw 16y ago
  The US could certainly do more for the poor, but when you steal other people's things, you are not the victim any more.
- philwelch 16y ago
  If he's actually poor and desperate, at least now he has a roof over his head and three meals a day. As it stands, this guy had time and money for leisure activities like social networks, and his own friends were surprised he didn't have a legitimate job. That doesn't strike me as something you can say about someone forced into poverty by their circumstances.
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