Shoplifter strangled to death by clerk for stealing...crayons?

[ScottA]

I think this thread has run it's course.

[huedell]

I'm just joking...you are serious...

I'll buy that for a dollar.

As far as what you said:

Originally Posted by Hector
Ok, I'll be serious for just this once.

Did the shoplifter deserved to be choked to death by the clerk? No.

Am I saddened for the shoplifter? No.

Does the clerk deserve some sort of punishment? Yes.

What kind and how long? Probation...some community service or something...and perhaps some monetary compensation to the shoplifter's family.

I'll buy THAT for a dollar as well.

And, t2cool, if you like what Hector said, well, just find something good
in what I'm saying in that I agree with Hector's post too.

[toys2cool]

Ok, I'll be serious for just this once.

Did the shoplifter deserved to be choked to death by the clerk? No.

Am I saddened for the shoplifter? No.

Does the clerk deserve some sort of punishment? Yes.

What kind and how long? Probation...some community service or something...and perhaps some monetary compensation to the shoplifter's family.

There...I said my peace...now I'm off to bed.

that's more like it

[Hector]

Ok, I'll be serious for just this once.

Did the shoplifter deserved to be choked to death by the clerk? No.

Am I saddened for the shoplifter? No.

Does the clerk deserve some sort of punishment? Yes.

What kind and how long? Probation...some community service or something...and perhaps some monetary compensation to the shoplifter's family.

There...I said my peace...now I'm off to bed.

[toys2cool]

it's all good, I like seeing how different a lot of us think

[toys2cool]

Yes. IMO, if the security guard isn't available and someone else
makes a judgement call to help the store out...it may be an issue of sorts
(and will be sorted out in a courtroom)...but it makes perfect sense to me
regardless.

Keep posting t2, hector...I won't whine about it...seems like you have
just as much interest in this debate as me.

tell that to the people who get paid $15 an hour at a bank, if I'm a teller and someone pulls out a gun and tells me to hand over the money, I'd give him everything and offer him everything in the safe...I'm not gonna risk getting killed over money that's not mine or something that's not my job

If it would've been the other way around everyone would be calling the guy a moron for going after a shoplifter in the first place

they would be saying, Man could you believe the idiot wasted his life going after a guy for $6 worth of ****,

[Hector]

The guy wasn't assigning a punishment...he was acting in the store in the
heat of the moment.....and it was an ACCIDENT brought on by a struggling
thief that brought about the sad result.



Yes. IMO, if the security guard isn't available and someone else
makes a judgement call to help the store out...it may be an issue of sorts
(and will be sorted out in a courtroom)...but it makes perfect sense to me
regardless.

Keep posting t2, hector...I won't whine about it...seems like you have
just as much interest in this debate as me.

I'm just joking...you are serious...

[Hector]

ok I'd beat his *** for sure, but not kill him

[huedell]

ok so stealing $1 should be punished the same way as robbing a bank? come on now

The guy wasn't assigning a punishment...he was acting in the store in the
heat of the moment.....and it was an ACCIDENT brought on by a struggling
thief that brought about the sad result.

"Some keep bringing up the guys' exact job description as if it means
something. Not to me it doesn't...the guy works in the store and apparently
was trying to protect the store's interests."

ok so if someone walks in to rob a bank, the teller should try and stop him the same way the security guard would right? Didn't think so

Yes. IMO, if the security guard isn't available and someone else
makes a judgement call to help the store out...it may be an issue of sorts
(and will be sorted out in a courtroom)...but it makes perfect sense to me
regardless.

Keep posting t2, hector...I won't whine about it...seems like you have
just as much interest in this debate as me.

[toys2cool]

Some keep bringing up the dollar amount of the goods as if it means something. Not to me it doesn't...where's that "line" supposed to be drawn
anyway? Stealing is stealing.

ok so stealing $1 should be punished the same way as robbing a bank? come on now

"Some keep bringing up the guys' exact job description as if it means
something. Not to me it doesn't...the guy works in the store and apparently
was trying to protect the store's interests."

ok so if someone walks in to rob a bank, the teller should try and stop him the same way the security guard would right? Didn't think so

[huedell]

Mainly thanks to you...

definitely

I love a good debate.

And I don't?

Hope its not a problem.

If anybody has a problem with it, you know where to find me...
"In this thread!" wink-wink

Seems like you guys LIKE making this thread longer...who're the ones posting
right alongside me, eh?

[toys2cool]

Mainly thanks to you...

definitely

[toys2cool]

No.

The question was what if a thief stole your wife's purse?

There's no harm to her physically..just her purse being stolen.

You'd kill the guy...

Sorry...you can't have it both ways...

ok I'd beat his *** for sure, but not kill him

[toys2cool]

Security guards are not allowed to strangle people either...

yeah but they get paid to stop people from stealing or causing trouble...this guy was just a yahoo behind the register

[toys2cool]

No.

The question was what if a thief stole your wife's purse?

There's no harm to her physically..just her purse being stolen.

You'd kill the guy...

Sorry...you can't have it both ways...

That's my wife, of course I would...was the guy that attached to the CVS tooth paste and crayons?