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the conversation on this thread is bizarre and concerning. It's stuff...it's literally stuff! The lead example is a blazer... That commenters are willing to p
by avs733 6y ago
the conversation on this thread is bizarre and concerning.
It's stuff...it's literally stuff! The lead example is a blazer...
That commenters are willing to permanently disfigure people because their blazer, or table leg is taken speaks to a lack of seeing others as human. I somehow think their would be an entirely different conversation about appropriate punishment if the article was about fraud or misconduct by the landlords, or centered the article on the landlords not providing reasonable service. my last apartment complex had universal package delivery lockers as a service. This is a totally solvable problem, the landlords are just cheap and as a result lets beat people.
The other comment thread of 'you may well have your statistics but I have an opinion and anecdotes' is just exemplary of why this country has the justice system it does.
- pjc50 6y agoApparently violence is the only language they have ever known. The commentators, that is.
- totalZero 6y agoTheft isn't a crime against stuff, it's a crime against the person whose stuff was taken. Stuff represents plans (supplies), freedom (means of transport), abilities (tools), and connections (devices). Your mentality legitimizes crime.
- smilekzs 6y agoYour quote is not literal. Here is the more relevant literal quotes: """ You may very well have statistics, but these statistics may very well be false, especially when it comes to including figures that represent quality of life (i.e. how anxious you are on a constant basis with respect to your property or being assaulted). ... But, as it says in this very New York Times article, package theft goes completely unreported and is therefore not part of your statistics. Likewise, sexual assaults in subways are only very recently being tracked in New York. """