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In reply to the discussion: Italian court rules food theft 'not a crime' if hungry [View all]KamaAina
(78,249 posts)14. Well, so much for the Italian version of Les Miz.
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When the play Les Miserable was on Broadway, there was some housing for people with
jtuck004
May 2016
#5
I saw where one of our health oriented actresses had a more affordable recipe for her
braddy
May 2016
#9
There is "moon dust" for one thing (ground up pearls to you peons). here are a couple of links.
braddy
May 2016
#52
It's funny, I could probably never get her to eat a chili dog, yet look at what she will eat.
braddy
May 2016
#55
A strainer? Me too, but that is why we don't get "conspicuous consumption" heck if I became truly
braddy
May 2016
#53
Meanwhile, the US is trying to make giving poor people food or healthcare or education WTO-illegal
Baobab
May 2016
#43
Compassion is fine. He doesnt go to jail. However the store needs to be made whole.
Gomez163
May 2016
#29
the cashless economy is all about that, so that bypassing the system and giving the poor food
Baobab
May 2016
#44
Sure, if somebody steals food from my store I'll just deduct it from everybody's paycheck.
Travis_0004
May 2016
#38
No obviouly its not right if there are a lot of hungry people roaming around taking food(sarcasm
Baobab
May 2016
#45
I don't think that will happen because not far into the future people will need to have good credit
Baobab
May 2016
#46
Had this been America he would have gotten the proper punishment, twenty to life.
Katashi_itto
May 2016
#11
face recognition is extremely good now and everybodys wallet has multiple RFID devices, plus people
Baobab
May 2016
#48
So instead of government taking care of the people, individual shop owners have to?
CrispyQ
May 2016
#17
The court is wrong because it is theft and therefore a crime but its one in general
cstanleytech
May 2016
#20
+1. Food should be a public utility, well run farms with well paid farmers producing what is needed.
bemildred
May 2016
#64
Stealing is wrong, but a system that provides no recourse to the hungry is even worse.
ronnie624
May 2016
#68
We live on a finite planet, but we have what is basically an unlimited imagination
The2ndWheel
May 2016
#71