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Ah, but the laws themselves are unjust. Stealing $5 from your work till is an imprisonable offense, stealing $100 from your employee's paycheck may result in yo
by freeone3000 6y ago
Ah, but the laws themselves are unjust. Stealing $5 from your work till is an imprisonable offense, stealing $100 from your employee's paycheck may result in you having to pay it back.
- sudosysgen 6y agoThe law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. - Anatole France
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoAgain, I agree the law is unjust in some ways! Many forms of wage theft ought to be crimes. What doesn't make sense to me is the implication that decriminalizing petty theft would make the law more just. If people go around stealing $5 all the time, Walmart can absorb that loss - the guy who's flat broke until his paycheck this Friday can't.
- vorpalhex 6y ago> Stealing $5 from your work till is an imprisonable offense Unless you pointed a gun or knife at your coworker, no it's not. > but the laws themselves are unjust Then address the laws and move to change them.
- vertex-four 6y ago> Unless you pointed a gun or knife at your coworker, no it's not. Technically, yes, it is in most states if the judge wanted to throw the book at you (for example, if you've ever committed a crime before) - https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/crime-penalties/federal/petty-theft.htm#states https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/crime-penalties/federa... - and not only that but three strikes laws can result in imprisonment even if it wasn't.