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[Saint Phlip]

On 5/18/07, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 May 2007, Saint Phlip wrote:
>
> >
> <major snip>
>
> so to paraphrase your long posting.
> the person instead of reporting the theft to the owner of the chemicals
> should have asked the thief to return the said chemicals to the rightful
> owner. do i have the correct?

Thief? WHAT FLAMING THIEF?

We're talking about someone who thought they were doing the right
thing, and who perhaps might have been subject to gentle guidance by a
friend. And, we're talking about a person who has high standards of
personal honor, and has been a friend to all of us on this List.

> that is the most stupid logic i have ever heard.

Nothing stupid about logic. Sometimes some awfully stupid people,
however, pretend that logic is what they're using.

> using your logic: if some has knowledge of any crime they should approach
> the criminal and reason with the criminal about the crime said criminal
> has committed instead of going to the proper authorities and reporting
> the said crime. that is a good way to end up dead.

So, your child kypes a candy bar from the charity display at the bank,
you should call the FBI in and have them arrested for bank robbery,
with all associated penalties?

While we're at it, why don't we remove the hands of thieves, no matter
how small or contested the theft. Or, simplify things. Any time anyone
does anything anyone else thinks is wrong, just put them to death, and
let God sort them out. Of course, in a case like that, the complaining
party would have to step forward.

> i do realize there are those cases where it is not clear who the good
> and bad guys are , one example the chicago police department. the police
> in chicago are the dope dealers and the thugs. they particularly like
> beating up people in bars. google news chicago police department
> in those cases i would recommend the next level of authority.
> the county sherif or the state police.

And, of course, there are the situations where average people do
something ethically wrong, and try to escape any onus by trying to
prove moral superiority.

> i personally think the person in question got off extremely light.
> whoever, reported the incident, could just have easily reported it
> to the fbi tip line or the department of homeland insecurity.
> be reasonable a list of chemicals like that is going to raise
> eyebrows in this new age of war on terror.
> there are numerous examples of home grown terrorists.

I personally think the sneaky, slimy, crawling, gonadless snitch who
handled the matter as s/he did needs a long session with a clue-bat
being applied upside the head. At least with a thief, you can get your
stuff back. With a snitch, you're guilty whether you are or not.


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Saint Phlip

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