Bill, I'm sure you'd return the money if you knew that it came from someone who lost everything:
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/22/world/la-fg-japan-returned-money-20110923 This reminds me of the scores of unlocked bikes I saw in Tokyo--even the locked bikes I remember were not locked to anything. They might have a cable lock through the frame and front tire, but not secured. Toshi On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 2:21 PM, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's another one: > > I find a quarter on the street. I take it without consent, with the > intent to permanently deny the rightful owner of that property > > I find a $20 bill on the street. I take it without consent, with the > intent to permanently deny the rightful owner of that property > > I find $20,000 on the street. I take it without consent, with the intent > to permanently deny the rightful owner of that property > > Are any of these 'theft'? Probably. Are they all 'theft'? There's the > 'petty theft' and 'grand theft' distinction, but I guess it's either all > theft, or none of it is. > > B > > p.s. I hope I never find $20,000, because I'd want to keep it. > > > On Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 2:14:26 PM UTC-8, Ian A wrote: >> >> Bill: Borrowing without intent is an interesting argument, but I imagine >> a judge would not be easily convinced that it wasn't intention to >> permanently deprive. >> >> IanA - also not a lawyer. Since when has common sense ever prevailed? >> Certainly rarely in my life! >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
