Ethical question

[mindmaniac]

I got thinking about this earlier today when I was eating at taco bell earlier today. This kid pulled up on a really nice Trek road bike and didn't lock it up. It was sitting right next to the window and I could clearly see that the registration on it was scraped off. There wouldn't have been time to get the police there before he left, but I thought if I took it from him would that have been wrong?


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[KillyKillall]

klepto

 

[KLin]

It's called receiving stolen property. It is wrong and illegal.

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: mindmaniac
I got thinking about this earlier today when I was eating at taco bell earlier today. This kid pulled up on a really nice Trek road bike and didn't lock it up. It was sitting right next to the window and I could clearly see that the registration on it was scraped off. There wouldn't have been time to get the police there before he left, but I thought if I took it from him would that have been wrong?

I bought a guitar amp from a guy who said he stole it from a school. I figure I bought it fair and square, but he was the one who stole it. I wound up selling it on ebay for 4x the amount I bought it

 

[kogase]

No it's not wrong, but I'd be way too lazy to do anything about it.

 

[sunzt]

stealing a stolen item is not justified.

Murdering a person that murdered someone else is not justified

 

[thepd7]

Originally posted by: mindmaniac
I got thinking about this earlier today when I was eating at taco bell earlier today. This kid pulled up on a really nice Trek road bike and didn't lock it up. It was sitting right next to the window and I could clearly see that the registration on it was scraped off. There wouldn't have been time to get the police there before he left, but I thought if I took it from him would that have been wrong?

I voted before I read. If you know for a fact that it is stolen then you would not be wrong if you took it and turned it in. Since you couldn't know for sure even if you took it and turned it in the cops could arrest you for stealing.

 

[dullard]

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Possessing stolen property is illegal.

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: sunzt
stealing a stolen item is not justified.

Murdering a person that murdered someone else is not justified

I believe in the death penalty.

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: mindmaniac
I got thinking about this earlier today when I was eating at taco bell earlier today. This kid pulled up on a really nice Trek road bike and didn't lock it up. It was sitting right next to the window and I could clearly see that the registration on it was scraped off. There wouldn't have been time to get the police there before he left, but I thought if I took it from him would that have been wrong?

I bought a guitar amp from a guy who said he stole it from a school. I figure I bought it fair and square, but he was the one who stole it. I wound up selling it on ebay for 4x the amount I bought it

So you're proud of being a criminal?

 

[compnovice]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: mindmaniac
I got thinking about this earlier today when I was eating at taco bell earlier today. This kid pulled up on a really nice Trek road bike and didn't lock it up. It was sitting right next to the window and I could clearly see that the registration on it was scraped off. There wouldn't have been time to get the police there before he left, but I thought if I took it from him would that have been wrong?

I bought a guitar amp from a guy who said he stole it from a school. I figure I bought it fair and square, but he was the one who stole it. I wound up selling it on ebay for 4x the amount I bought it

And you are fvking proud of it :disgust:

EDIT: Doug beat me to it...

 

[mindmaniac]

Originally posted by: sunzt
stealing a stolen item is not justified.

Murdering a person that murdered someone else is not justified

That's just liberal hippie talk.

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: compnovice

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: mindmaniac
I got thinking about this earlier today when I was eating at taco bell earlier today. This kid pulled up on a really nice Trek road bike and didn't lock it up. It was sitting right next to the window and I could clearly see that the registration on it was scraped off. There wouldn't have been time to get the police there before he left, but I thought if I took it from him would that have been wrong?

I bought a guitar amp from a guy who said he stole it from a school. I figure I bought it fair and square, but he was the one who stole it. I wound up selling it on ebay for 4x the amount I bought it

And you are fvking proud of it :disgust:

Oh give me a break. What I did was morally fine...but probably not illegal. There was no way in hell this amp was going to be returned and I doubt the school even noticed it was gone and would only make an issue of it.

 

[mindmaniac]

Originally posted by: compnovice

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: mindmaniac
I got thinking about this earlier today when I was eating at taco bell earlier today. This kid pulled up on a really nice Trek road bike and didn't lock it up. It was sitting right next to the window and I could clearly see that the registration on it was scraped off. There wouldn't have been time to get the police there before he left, but I thought if I took it from him would that have been wrong?

I bought a guitar amp from a guy who said he stole it from a school. I figure I bought it fair and square, but he was the one who stole it. I wound up selling it on ebay for 4x the amount I bought it

And you are fvking proud of it :disgust:

That's some good profit

 

[sunzt]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: sunzt
stealing a stolen item is not justified.

Murdering a person that murdered someone else is not justified

I believe in the death penalty.

I wasn't referring to the death penalty. A murder is a crime, executing a convicted person is not.

 

[thepd7]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: compnovice

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: mindmaniac
I got thinking about this earlier today when I was eating at taco bell earlier today. This kid pulled up on a really nice Trek road bike and didn't lock it up. It was sitting right next to the window and I could clearly see that the registration on it was scraped off. There wouldn't have been time to get the police there before he left, but I thought if I took it from him would that have been wrong?

I bought a guitar amp from a guy who said he stole it from a school. I figure I bought it fair and square, but he was the one who stole it. I wound up selling it on ebay for 4x the amount I bought it

And you are fvking proud of it :disgust:

Oh give me a break. What I did was morally fine...but probably not illegal. There was no way in hell this amp was going to be returned and I doubt the school even noticed it was gone and would only make an issue of it.

LOL what you did was very illegal. Like someone pointed out earlier, you received stolen property. Its not illegal if you don't know its stolen but you obviously did.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: compnovice

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: mindmaniac
I got thinking about this earlier today when I was eating at taco bell earlier today. This kid pulled up on a really nice Trek road bike and didn't lock it up. It was sitting right next to the window and I could clearly see that the registration on it was scraped off. There wouldn't have been time to get the police there before he left, but I thought if I took it from him would that have been wrong?

I bought a guitar amp from a guy who said he stole it from a school. I figure I bought it fair and square, but he was the one who stole it. I wound up selling it on ebay for 4x the amount I bought it

And you are fvking proud of it :disgust:

Oh give me a break. What I did was morally fine...but probably not illegal. There was no way in hell this amp was going to be returned and I doubt the school even noticed it was gone and would only make an issue of it.

I hope Karma doesn't bite you in the ass too hard.

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: compnovice

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: mindmaniac
I got thinking about this earlier today when I was eating at taco bell earlier today. This kid pulled up on a really nice Trek road bike and didn't lock it up. It was sitting right next to the window and I could clearly see that the registration on it was scraped off. There wouldn't have been time to get the police there before he left, but I thought if I took it from him would that have been wrong?

I bought a guitar amp from a guy who said he stole it from a school. I figure I bought it fair and square, but he was the one who stole it. I wound up selling it on ebay for 4x the amount I bought it

And you are fvking proud of it :disgust:

Oh give me a break. What I did was morally fine...but probably not illegal. There was no way in hell this amp was going to be returned and I doubt the school even noticed it was gone and would only make an issue of it.

Most people would find what you did to be a BIG moral red flag. And it was ABSOLUTELY illegal. Moron.

 

[SampSon]

Mind your own business.

You're making many assumptions because of a scraped off serial number. The serial number on my trek is totally gone from years of abuse.
If you went and stole my bike because you assumed it was stolen due to a scraped off serial number, I would have a major problem that would be solved with a brick to your face.

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: thepd7


LOL what you did was very illegal. Like someone pointed out earlier, you received stolen property. Its not illegal if you don't know its stolen but you obviously did.

I know it was illegal (like I acknowledged earlier), but given the circumstances (too long of a story anyway), there wasn't anything morally wrong with what I did.

 

[mindmaniac]

I hope Karma doesn't bite you in the ass too hard.[/quote]

What does Carson Daily have to do with this?

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: compnovice

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: mindmaniac
I got thinking about this earlier today when I was eating at taco bell earlier today. This kid pulled up on a really nice Trek road bike and didn't lock it up. It was sitting right next to the window and I could clearly see that the registration on it was scraped off. There wouldn't have been time to get the police there before he left, but I thought if I took it from him would that have been wrong?

I bought a guitar amp from a guy who said he stole it from a school. I figure I bought it fair and square, but he was the one who stole it. I wound up selling it on ebay for 4x the amount I bought it

And you are fvking proud of it :disgust:

Oh give me a break. What I did was morally fine...but probably not illegal. There was no way in hell this amp was going to be returned and I doubt the school even noticed it was gone and would only make an issue of it.

buying something you know is stolen is morally fine? wtf?

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: DougK62

Most people would find what you did to be a BIG moral red flag. And it was ABSOLUTELY illegal. Moron.

Your name is Doug and you have a female avatar. That's a BIG moral red flag. Besides, you don't even know the story of the guitar amp.

 

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: thepd7

Originally posted by: mindmaniac
I got thinking about this earlier today when I was eating at taco bell earlier today. This kid pulled up on a really nice Trek road bike and didn't lock it up. It was sitting right next to the window and I could clearly see that the registration on it was scraped off. There wouldn't have been time to get the police there before he left, but I thought if I took it from him would that have been wrong?

I voted before I read. If you know for a fact that it is stolen then you would not be wrong if you took it and turned it in. Since you couldn't know for sure even if you took it and turned it in the cops could arrest you for stealing.

Thats probably what would happen. Similar to notifying authorities of software malfunctions, you get screwed.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: KLin

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: compnovice

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: mindmaniac
I got thinking about this earlier today when I was eating at taco bell earlier today. This kid pulled up on a really nice Trek road bike and didn't lock it up. It was sitting right next to the window and I could clearly see that the registration on it was scraped off. There wouldn't have been time to get the police there before he left, but I thought if I took it from him would that have been wrong?

I bought a guitar amp from a guy who said he stole it from a school. I figure I bought it fair and square, but he was the one who stole it. I wound up selling it on ebay for 4x the amount I bought it

And you are fvking proud of it :disgust:

Oh give me a break. What I did was morally fine...but probably not illegal. There was no way in hell this amp was going to be returned and I doubt the school even noticed it was gone and would only make an issue of it.

I hope Karma doesn't bite you in the ass too hard.

What you did was morally wrong, so just shut up. Don't even tell us it's morally fine. Youre justification is no one would notice it's gone and would not make an issue of it.

Dumbass.

I think everyone here should at least be saying stealing is wrong. Whether you support taking the bike as OP posted is a different story because its a different interpretation of stealing, but I can't believe some people come here to defend stealing.