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Yeah no, that's not how any of this works. Just because someone else is holding your bike in their hands does not make it theirs. You're within your rights to t
by Etheryte 2y ago
Yeah no, that's not how any of this works. Just because someone else is holding your bike in their hands does not make it theirs. You're within your rights to take back what's yours.
- throw90230932 2y ago....
- Etheryte 2y agoNo, it does not get complicated fast, in fact it's very simple. Selling stolen goods does not take ownership away from the original owner. There's a good write up about this on the Law Stack Exchange site [0]. [0] https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/15869/if-someone-steals-something-of-mine-is-it-legal-to-steal-it-back https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/15869/if-someone-ste...
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- itsanaccount 2y agoAh yes, law. Something arguable and correct and somehow different from the people who happen to be enforcing it. Pretty soon this is going to be how we separate the generations, people who still believe in imaginary things from the before times.
- jen729w 2y agoIt works the other way, too. Years ago a UK bank incorrectly deposited money in my account. My GF’s dad was a lawyer, so I asked him if I could spend it. “It’s like if someone parks their car in your driveway”, he told me. “While that’s inconvenient, it doesn’t make it your car.”