> I don't think that doing the right thing should be punished. I don't say that doing the right thing should be punished. I think the circumstances should be i

> I don't think that doing the right thing should be punished. I don't say that doing the right thing should be punished. I think the circumstances should be investigated and if it looks like someone did stole it that person or persons should be punished. > It may be unlikely, but I think that it is possible that the process for handling these materials failed somewhere and it took twenty years for someone to come across them. Sure and that is the innocent explanation. Are you saying that we shouldn't even investigate because there is a chance that it might be something innocent? Because that is what the original comment is asking about. > I could also understand why someone would rather burn something than deal with a slow and possibly misdirected justice system. I also can understand it. It still a terrible thing to do, and anyone who would do it I would consider a bad person.