Thou Shalt Not Steal…Well, Unless If Thou Art Poor
Dec 30th, 2009 | By Sanjay Paul | Category: Features, Front PageIf you are poor, you may engage in shoplifting. So said a British priest recently, setting off a furore before Christmas. But, he was careful to add, he was not encouraging people to steal, only that they might turn to it as a last resort. And to make the whole thing even more palatable, he urged those employing this desperate option to avoid stealing from small, family-run firms, but instead focus their larcenous energies on “large chains.”
Stealing from big stores, or more generally from corporations, is not seen as particularly egregious
