Peter, Sure, I have made use of teaching opportunities with my kids, but that does not mean that *every* *little* *thing* that is out of line must be acted upon immediately. Zero tolerance is good to draw a line, but it is wearisome if enforced for every little perceived transgression. Take that same situation of a sports field where his kid is playing. If he goes to the restroom and fills his water bottle at the fountain, would he get arrested? So why when he fills his car bottle at the juice fountain? I am not advocating mooching, but there is something like common sense that appears to become less common over time when reading reports about excessive responses to petty things like this.
Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of SLPinfo.org Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 10:19 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: EV owner charged w/ stealing $0.05 worth of juice(video) Zeke, Lee, and Peri, I don't disagree. The amount of theft was a pittance, and yes the police officer very likely had much more important things to do with his time! And taking it to court makes absolutely no sense at all. But my point is that the magnitude of the crime does not take away from the fact that it still was theft. I'm not a parent but we've all heard the story of the kid who steals a candy from the store and his parents find out about it. The parents make the kid go back to the store, admit to the theft, apologize, and make restitution. The parents want to send the message that stealing is stealing no matter how small the theft. Or am I just too old and no one does this anymore? Again I don't want to sound holier than thou, but I think the police officer was right in this case. And once again it just makes EV drivers look bad. - Peter Flipsen Jr On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Lee Hart <[email protected]> wrote: > SLPinfo.org wrote: > >> As true as that might be it doesn't change the fact that this guy took >> something that wasn't his and that he didn't have permission to take. The >> size is irrelevant. I'm no angel but even I see it as wrong. >> > > No District Attorney in his right mind would take this to court. If he > did, a judge is certain to throw the case out. And even if he didn't, > what's the fine going to be? A nickel? > > There are a million "crimes" like this every minute of every day. Every > one of us probably commit such "crimes" on occasion. Did you leave the > light on in the public restroom? Take an extra napkin from McDonalds? > Borrow a pen and forget to return it? They all needlessly cost the company > money. > > I wonder if there is more to the story? Was the Leaf owner belligerent, or > was there already "bad blood" between the Leaf owner and police officer? > -- > Ring the bells that still can ring > Forget your perfect offering > There is a crack in everything > That's how the light gets in. > -- Leonard Cohen, from "Anthem" > -- > Lee Hart -- See my Xmas projects at www.sunrise-ev.com/projects.htm > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/ > group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20131204/a64a 94ee/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
