“Simple. As long as you don’t make a business out of the …

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Comment on Police Arrest Man for Eating 7 Cherries by Anonymous:

“Simple. As long as you don’t make a business out of the “stolen” stuff its okay.”

Okay, so I break into your house, take your TV and set it up in my living room. All is good, right? I didn’t sell it or anything. I’m took it for personal use.

Personally, if I had owned the cherry tree, I wouldn’t have pressed charges. I think I could spare a few cherries if the guy was really that hungry.

But, theft is theft. This is one of those things that have to be black and white as far as the authorities are concerned. Otherwise you could have situations where the victim feels like he is getting screwed because the guy only took 7 cherries, not eight.

There’s also the matter of, if you set hard limits on what is and what is not allowed, people will find a way to cheat the system. If 7 cherries is okay, then what’s to stop the guy from taking 7 cherries from this farmer and then moving down the road and taking 7 more from another farmer?

Anonymous made other comments on this post:

• Police Arrest Man for Eating 7 Cherries:
  

  It’s so true. Cops get paid much more than the 7 cherries are worth.

• Police Arrest Man for Eating 7 Cherries:
  

  At least the police didn’t have to solve a gruesome murder with the possibility or more innocents being killed.

• Police Arrest Man for Eating 7 Cherries:
  

  >picking cherries STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM!

• Police Arrest Man for Eating 7 Cherries:
  

  The police seem to be cherry picking here. Shouldn’t they arrest themselves.

• Police Arrest Man for Eating 7 Cherries:
  

  well,it’s like the cashier that was all over Germans newspapers and news because she peculated a bottle deposit-coupon worth like 2$(1 Euro 30 Cents) and was fired for it. Because the punishment/eagerness to to punish such bagatelles is so high in this cases is why they find their ways into all the mass media. If the man did just have to pay a fine I’m sure it wouldn’t be this spectacular, the secret to publicity is the disproportionality between action and reaction!

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