Polite Robber: "I Really Am Sorry" - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Zeke129;27935506]What if[/QUOTE] How do you know he has insurance?

Well if he doesn't have insurance then he's dumb.

[QUOTE=Lachz0r;27931984]for stealing $300?[/QUOTE] Grand theft, and armed robbery. Considering he is fifty, it might as well be called a life sentence. [QUOTE=BrQ;27932779]or he was just pretending so that the shop owner wouldn't report the 'poor guy' to the cops right[/QUOTE] This is very possible, if JDK is right, he has robbed before, and I would think he would have learned things from the last time he got caught.

Not often i hear about polite robbers.

Insta-loan.

victim of the recession i guess

[QUOTE=Zeke129;27935506]What if[/QUOTE] What if I stole your computer so you would stop posting, thinking insurance will cover that... Just because the man is polite and has a family doesn't give him a right to steal from someone else. There are a lot of legal ways to get money and food on the table for his family

They caught him. He's not so innocent and has robbed banks before. Full story [url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theblotter/2014162297_polite_robber_suspect_once_kno.html]here.[/url]

ITT if you're polite and poor so armed robbery is okay. Sorry I can understand victimless crimes not being bad but really, armed robbery? Even if the guy has insurance his rates will go up. And to the people saying he'll get a year at most bullshit. He'll be lucky to get six. I don't believe in super long sentences like that for theft but that's what he'll get.

[QUOTE=RBM11;27939998]ITT if you're polite and poor so armed robbery is okay. [/QUOTE] I don't recall anyone saying it was "okay." It's just in situations like these, it's more justified. If a man robs a store to feed his family, it's better than if a man robs a store to buy drugs. Sure, it's not good in either situation, but with desperate times come desperate measures.

[QUOTE=Edgar Allan Poe;27940235]I don't recall anyone saying it was "okay." It's just in situations like these, it's more justified. If a man robs a store to feed his family, it's better than if a man robs a store to buy drugs. Sure, it's not good in either situation, but with desperate times come desperate measures.[/QUOTE] He wasn't robbing it to feed anything but his own stupidity. [QUOTE=Heroms;27939094] Full story [url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theblotter/2014162297_polite_robber_suspect_once_kno.html]here.[/url][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Heroms;27940283]He wasn't robbing it to feed anything but his own stupidity.[/QUOTE] I'm aware. I just said [I]if[/I] someone does something like this, it's more justified than someone doing it for other reasons.

[QUOTE=Edgar Allan Poe;27940468]I'm aware. I just said [I]if[/I] someone does something like this, it's more justified than someone doing it for other reasons.[/QUOTE] But then you are valuing the robbers kids over the storekeeper's kids.They both have mouths to feed, and no matter how you look at it the robber is in the wrong. You can't justify crime.

[QUOTE=Heroms;27940500]You can't justify crime.[/QUOTE] what about victimless crimes i.e. smoking weed in your own home

[QUOTE=JDK721;27940759]what about victimless crimes i.e. smoking weed in your own home[/QUOTE] don't start that...

We got bills to pay, we got mouths to feed... The robber was an indie kid too.

[QUOTE=Heroms;27940500]But then you are valuing the robbers kids over the storekeeper's kids.They both have mouths to feed, and no matter how you look at it the robber is in the wrong. You can't justify crime.[/QUOTE] There is no justification for anything. The way you act isn't determined by you. Everything that you do is determined by your personality, which is shaped by outside forces. American prisons should be replaced by rehabilitation centers so that people's personalities can be fixed and the people reintegrated.

[QUOTE=M24;27942348]don't start that...[/QUOTE] I'm refuting his claim

[QUOTE=Rubs10;27943046]There is no justification for anything. The way you act isn't determined by you. Everything that you do is determined by your personality, which is shaped by outside forces. [/QUOTE] If that was the case no one could be held liable for their actions. There were numerous studies done on human behavior and what makes someone a criminal. While some factors do lean more towards truth than others, there is no conclusive evidence. In other words, you don't know what you're talking about and that was a terribly stupid thing to say. Think before you type. [editline]9th February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=JDK721;27944287]I'm refuting his claim[/QUOTE] If it's against the law, and you knew it was against the law while committing the act, then you can't justify it. I don't care how right or wrong you think the law itself is, a crime is defined by the state, not the people. [editline]9th February 2011[/editline] Looking at this from my own point of view though, I see no problem with someone smoking weed in their house and not hurting anyone. The government does though. I don't know much about weed and the laws surrounding it (mainly because I don't smoke it) but if I had to take a guess the government has more of a problem with the way people acquire it and it's potentially large role in the market if it were to be made legal, rather than the harm it's causing.

The difference is that smoking weed should not be against the law while armed robbery should be.

I feel like the police aren't going to look[I] too[/I] hard for him.

[QUOTE=Applecrap;27944947]I feel like the police aren't going to look[I] too[/I] hard for him.[/QUOTE] Of course they aren't going to look hard for him considering he's already been found.

[QUOTE=Explosions;27944565]The difference is that smoking weed should not be against the law while armed robbery should be.[/QUOTE] But it doesn't change the fact that it [I]is[/I] against the law. It doesn't matter what should or shouldn't be.

The fact is that the guy probably made up the so story to stop any resistance from the store owner.

Holy crap... I saw an episode of cops and a guy was being arrested for his 4th armed robbery in the last 2 days. He was laughing and smiling in the police car... He talked to the cops in a pretty polite manner, but he didn't look 50.

[QUOTE=Amplar;27932147]Probably 6 months to a year in prison. Times are tough, I feel bad that he had to do that.[/QUOTE] Nah, less time. Probably about 3 months and community service.

[QUOTE=Heroms;27944356]If that was the case no one could be held liable for their actions.[/QUOTE] No one should be held liable for their actions, but that doesn't mean we should sit by and let people kill each other. They're not liable, but we should rehabilitate them so they don't do it again. [QUOTE=Heroms;27944356]There were numerous studies done on human behavior and what makes someone a criminal.[/QUOTE] I don't get how human choice isn't determined by uncontrollable forces. Tell me how it isn't. As far as I know, everything is just cause and effect. [QUOTE=Heroms;27944356]While some factors do lean more towards truth than others, there is no conclusive evidence.[/QUOTE] I don't entirely understand this.

[QUOTE=Amplar;27932147]Probably 6 months to a year in prison. Times are tough, I feel bad that he had to do that.[/QUOTE] He didn't have to do it at all. It was a choice.

[QUOTE=Major Helper;27932337]He has a car and he's robbing people?[/QUOTE] Cars are signs of great wealth [editline]8th February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Pepin;27946701]He didn't have to do it at all. It was a choice.[/QUOTE] not when you'll lose your home and not be able to feed your family ;))

I remember an article like this about a homeless man stealing a $100 bill from a bank, returns it next day apologizing, and gets 15 years.