man arrested in germany for "stealing" 1c of electricity

[dpopiz]

sorry if it's a repost, couldn't find it in search

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_870406.html?menu=news.weirdworld.strangecrime


Student accused of stealing 1p worth of electricity

A German student who plugged his laptop into a socket at a train station is facing legal charges for "stealing electricity" worth less than a penny.

Jan Michael Ihl, a 23-year-old student from Trier, found the socket by an abandoned information stand and used it to find out the address of a hostel he was staying at in the town of Kassel.

But he had not got very far out of the train station when three police officers arrested him for "illegally extracting electricity" from the train station.

The officers said they had watched as Ihl crouched by the plug socket and constantly looked over his shoulder before running away.

The matter has now been handed over to the public prosecutors who will decide if it is worth taking the student to court.

After conducting his own calculations on how much electricity he "stole", Ihl, who is also an energy specialist for environmental organisation Greenpeace, said: "The whole thing is ridiculous. I 'stole' electricity worth less than one cent."

 

[Mill]

Impossible to tell if it is a repost, because your linking skills suck.

Thank God for google news. Here's the proper link.

 

[Megatomic]

I heard about this on the morning radio show earlier this week. The report was part of a daily segment that they call "Stupid News". And it is stupid.

They must have a non-existant crime rate to have bothered with this.

And hahahaha to the repost Nazi that was foiled by the bad linkage.

 

[Amused]

Now that's just silly.

 

[Mermaidman]

So I suppose recharging a set of NiMH batteries would be grand theft?

 

[dpopiz]

link fixed

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
So I suppose recharging a set of NiMH batteries would be grand theft?

And jump starting your car = death penalty

 

[PunDogg]

thats crazy if they take him to court

Dogg

 

[MacBaine]

Sounds like a Monty Python skit...

crouched by the plug socket and constantly looked over his shoulder before running away.

 

[Red]

Surprisingly, the supreme law enforcers haven't entered the thread yet; I guess I have to wear those shoes.

"The kid stole, plain and simple. And if any of you are saying that what he did was ok, you're a fvcking thief too and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law."

 

[LS20]

er stahl unsere elektrizitaet!

 

[JetBlack69]

The kid stole, plain and simple. And if any of you are saying that what he did was ok, you're a fvcking thief too and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Mill
Impossible to tell if it is a repost, because your linking skills suck.
Thank God for google news. Here's the proper link.

His linking skills, your people skills, hey no-one is perfect.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: Mill
Impossible to tell if it is a repost, because your linking skills suck.
Thank God for google news. Here's the proper link.

His linking skills, your people skills, hey no-one is perfect.

Your arrogance...

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Redhotjrm
Surprisingly, the supreme law enforcers haven't entered the thread yet; I guess I have to wear those shoes.

"The kid stole, plain and simple. And if any of you are saying that what he did was ok, you're a fvcking thief too and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law."

Well, on a technicality, the kid did steal, but for someone would have to be very stupid to call anyone who thinks it's crazy for the government to try to prosecute him a thief. It's kind of like the people who claim that everyone who dislike parts of the current copyright laws and some of the things that the RIAA is doing must be an evil thief who "steals" MP3z.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: jliechty

Originally posted by: Redhotjrm
Surprisingly, the supreme law enforcers haven't entered the thread yet; I guess I have to wear those shoes.

"The kid stole, plain and simple. And if any of you are saying that what he did was ok, you're a fvcking thief too and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law."

Well, on a technicality, the kid did steal, but for someone would have to be very stupid to call anyone who thinks it's crazy for the government to try to prosecute him a thief. It's kind of like the people who claim that everyone who dislike parts of the current copyright laws and some of the things that the RIAA is doing must be an evil thief who "steals" MP3z.

Or the guy that got 25 to life for stealing a piece of pizza. Sometimes laws are written so absolute that common sense cannot prevail.

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
So I suppose recharging a set of NiMH batteries would be grand theft?

And jump starting your car = death penalty

May I suggest the electric chair?

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Was he a Jew?

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Was he a Jew?

Nah, he was black.

 

[Bassyhead]

Originally posted by: PunDogg
thats crazy if they take him to court

Dogg

Really. I'm sure the court costs will be a lot more than the cost of the electricity he "stole"

 

[waggy]

yeah if that happened here in the US the guy would get 10-25 years in FPMIA prison.

screw people for little stuff but let people who steal millions in peoples pensions go free! wohoo! land of the free!

 

[kuk]

To the OP. Here ... copy and paste this: ¢

I think I'm the only weirdo who thought the man stole 1 Coulomb of electricity.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Was he a Jew?

Nah, he was black.

You guys have been watching too much Family Guy

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: Mill
Impossible to tell if it is a repost, because your linking skills suck.
Thank God for google news. Here's the proper link.

His linking skills, your people skills, hey no-one is perfect.

hahahahah :beer: