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My car unlocked on the street with the keys in the ignition is still my car. It's grand theft auto if you get in it and drive off.
by rescripting 9y ago
My car unlocked on the street with the keys in the ignition is still my car. It's grand theft auto if you get in it and drive off.
- staunch 9y agoThe law distinguishes between petty theft and grand theft for very good reasons. There's an obvious and huge ethical difference between taking one person's very expensive mode of transportation and taking a megacorp's bicycle-shaped trash off a public sidewalk. I'd call it sub-petty theft, and not even worthy of punishment.
- lern_too_spel 9y agoThese are taken from the megacorp's private parking lots and left as trash by the thieves on public sidewalks and waterways. It's an eyesore and a nuisance. GEM cars also fall below the amount request to be called grand theft. Would you steal those as well?