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> I don't thing she stole anything worthy. ...money and credit cards?

• tankenmate 14y ago
  Firstly, what I am about to say doesn't condone anything she has done; in fact from what I have read she has done plenty wrong. Secondly I haven't followed her story closely. Conversion, breach of contract, breach of trust etc is not the same as theft or robbery. The first group rely on trust and in these cases money / credit cards have come from someone. This comes back to if people are too trusting what is the value of these things; again this does not make it right either ethically or morally. I would argue that breaking and entering, robbery, mugging are a different beast, and more serious. Conflating these two types of wrong may give the wrong impression. Once again I haven't followed this particular story enough to know whether she has participated in the second as well as the first.
  • danilocampos 14y ago
    She helped herself to someone else's credit card. Someone who'd been kind enough to let her share a room. She's a thief. http://betabeat.com/2012/08/shirley-hornstein-shirls-credit-card-fraud-records/ http://betabeat.com/2012/08/shirley-hornstein-shirls-credit-...
    • tankenmate 14y ago
      Wow, that's a low blow.
      • lowboy 14y ago
        I didn't follow this story, but if she did "help herself" to someone's credit card without their permission, then she is a thief. How does that constitute a "low blow"?
        • danilocampos 14y ago
          I believe he is characterizing Hornstein's theft as a low blow, as it was.