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That's like saying we should decriminalize robberies so that it forces companies to take stricter security measures. You'll end up incentivizing robberies much
by asenna 8y ago
That's like saying we should decriminalize robberies so that it forces companies to take stricter security measures. You'll end up incentivizing robberies much more.
- pitaj 8y agoI'm all for decriminalizing nonviolent robberies. If the person is caught they can be sued for damages like anyone else, and maybe fined instead of sent to prison. Decriminalizing is not the same as legalizing.
- namibj 8y agoErr, a robbery is defined as theft under the use force or threat thereof. Where do you draw the line due to psychological effects?
- QasimK 8y agoIt's possible you're talking about different things. When robbery was mentioned asenna, I was imagining an empty house being robbed.
- namibj 8y agoUh, that's not robbing, that is breaking and entering combined with, most often, plain theft. It might be that US law includes this in the definition of robbery, but German law seems to distinguish clearly.
- QasimK 8y agoThanks for adding weight to my assessment that different people might have been thinking about very different things despite reading the same sentence.