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View Poll Results: Would you ever shoplit?
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I would starve myself and my children before I would shoplift.
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I would starve myself before I would shoplift, but not starve my children.
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I would shoplift as a very last resort to feed my children only.
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I would shoplift as a very last resort to feed myself.
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I would shoplift if we had only beans to eat.
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I would shoplift for shampoo if I needed it.
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What's your is mine and I am welcome to it.
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12-23-2009, 02:08 PM
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Would You Shoplift to Feed Your Children?
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12-23-2009, 02:09 PM
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Re: Would You Shoplift to Feed Your Children?
would not, no good done out of evil is gods will, dt
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Re: Would You Shoplift to Feed Your Children?
Nope !
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12-23-2009, 02:15 PM
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Re: Would You Shoplift to Feed Your Children?
Nope no stealing... there is to many places to go and get food for free if you are really starving there is always a food line somewhere...someone will feed you
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12-23-2009, 02:17 PM
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Re: Would You Shoplift to Feed Your Children?
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Nope no stealing... there is to many places to go and get food for free if you are really starving there is always a food line somewhere...someone will feed you
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The question is really...would you if you were STARVING.....that means, nothing available.
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12-23-2009, 02:26 PM
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Re: Would You Shoplift to Feed Your Children?
There's a poll here to take too, folks! LOL! 
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12-23-2009, 02:36 PM
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Re: Would You Shoplift to Feed Your Children?
Call me "liberal", but I would shoplift to feed myself and my children provided all other avenues were exhausted. I see this as the same principle as when Jesus said that the sabbath was made for the man and not man for the sabbath. I think stealing is wrong. But it's a greater wrong to allow your children to starve or even yourself for that matter. My opinion.
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12-23-2009, 02:39 PM
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Re: Would You Shoplift to Feed Your Children?
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Originally Posted by ILG
Call me "liberal", but I would shoplift to feed myself and my children provided all other avenues were exhausted. I see this as the same principle as when Jesus said that the sabbath was made for the man and not man for the sabbath. I think stealing is wrong. But it's a greater wrong to allow your children to starve or even yourself for that matter. My opinion.
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If such a circumstance were real, I don't think you or any objective observer would consider it "stealing." If the political landscape were so distorted that such a situation was allowed to develop then a general rebellion would be in order, as per Mr. Thomas Jefferson.
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12-23-2009, 02:35 PM
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Re: Would You Shoplift to Feed Your Children?
I don't know about "shoplifting." If I was in that extreme kind of need and food was otherwise available, I'd simply make my case. People are reasonable and even generous.
That whole thing with the Anglican priest which may have started this thread (and other discussions as well) is a red herring. He was preaching "class envy" - and in an environment where the class distinctions aren't all that clear. His main target was "corporations." There was clearly a political agenda and not a substantial need for the hungry poor.
I've worked in food banks before. There's plenty of food in the world. The problem is distribution and preservation from spoilage, which is often linked to distribution problems. Believe it or not, the good people in America help the hungry. In other parts of the world food is often held as a hostage for political reasons.
There's always something wrong when politics gets involved in the distribution of food and other resources. And it seemed to me that this priest was part of the problem and not offering a solution.
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12-23-2009, 02:37 PM
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Re: Would You Shoplift to Feed Your Children?
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Originally Posted by Brother David
I don't know about "shoplifting." If I was in that extreme kind of need and food was otherwise available, I'd simply make my case. People are reasonable and even generous.
That whole thing with the Anglican priest which may have started this thread (and other discussions as well) is a red herring. He was preaching "class envy" - and in an environment where the class distinctions aren't all that clear. His main target was "corporations." There was clearly a political agenda and not a substantial need for the hungry poor.
I've worked in food banks before. There's plenty of food in the world. The problem is distribution and preservation from spoilage, which is often linked to distribution problems. Believe it or not, the good people in America help the hungry. In other parts of the world food is often held as a hostage for political reasons.
There's always something wrong when politics gets involved in the distribution of food and other resources. And it seemed to me that this priest was part of the problem and not offering a solution.
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Yeah, that's true. And the thing is there is almost ALWAYS another recourse than shoplifting...
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