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There are more important things than punishing petty theft.

• fortran77 2y ago
  Residential burglary is not petty theft. If the house isn't empty, a person could be seriously injured or killed.
  • ryaneager 2y ago
    Well, that sounds like you’re not not scared of burglary, but rather assault and/or murder
    • kstrauser 2y ago
      I confess that finding any stranger in my house for any motive would frighten the hell out of me. I suspect that’s true of nearly the whole population.
      • vuln 2y ago
        They’re just seeking refuge.
  • SoftTalker 2y ago
    And the residential burglars probably started with petty theft and got away with it, and became emboldened. Also see the broken window theory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory
    • idle_zealot 2y ago
      Note that BWT is not at all some accepted truth, and is merely a theory used to justify some (pretty bad) policy decisions. This is mentioned in the linked wiki page.