The Case of the Missing Wine

[crazy canuck]

What we have learned from this thread is that a lot of Americans here seem to think that if they are inconvenienced they have a lawful right to cheat, lie and steal.

Well you were never the best here as far as reading comprehension.

By American standards perhaps.  But most everywhere else in the civilized world if one knowingly takes the property of another for their own purpose it is theft or at the very least the tort of conversion.  I suppose its just peachy that some Americans think the statute of limitations is Fex Ex not picking up the package within an arbitrary period selected by the would be thief.

Can you count the amount of Americans who have made this claim?

Yes

I acknowledge that some Americans here have posted things that would support your view, but others have not, and, without looking back through the thread, I think some of the posts suggesting that what OvB did with the wine was A-OK were by non-Americans.

Fair point.  Languish has attracted a number of people who seem to think theft is ok.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Probably better to just destroy it all.

[crazy canuck]

Probably better to just destroy it all.

That, at least, would have been more morally defensible than simply stealing it by drinking some and storing the rest then claiming it had all simply vanished.

Better still, he could have just kept it until Fed Ex got things straightened out.   If he really couldn't do that, at the point the owner came by he could have been honest and simply explained his frustration with Fed Ex and offered to buy another case.  But lying about it.  That is reprehensible.

[derspiess]

I'd have donated it to a homeless shelter.

[The Brain]

But in his rage CC forgot the riddle of wine and left it on the battlefield.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Probably better to just destroy it all.

That, at least, would have been more morally defensible than simply stealing it by drinking some and storing the rest then claiming it had all simply vanished.

Better still, he could have just kept it until Fed Ex got things straightened out.   If he really couldn't do that, at the point the owner came by he could have been honest and simply explained his frustration with Fed Ex and offered to buy another case.  But lying about it.  That is reprehensible.

It's not really that big of a deal.  Compared to people from countries where they do things like, say, beat baby seals to death, he's pretty much a saint. 

[Jacob]

It's not really that big of a deal.  Compared to people from countries where they do things like, say, beat baby seals to death, he's pretty much a saint.

Never took you to be a Greenpeace supporter.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Never took you to be a Greenpeace supporter.

Please stop hitting me 

[CountDeMoney]

[Razgovory]

Clubbing seals is an honest profession.

[crazy canuck]

Probably better to just destroy it all.

That, at least, would have been more morally defensible than simply stealing it by drinking some and storing the rest then claiming it had all simply vanished.

Better still, he could have just kept it until Fed Ex got things straightened out.   If he really couldn't do that, at the point the owner came by he could have been honest and simply explained his frustration with Fed Ex and offered to buy another case.  But lying about it.  That is reprehensible.

It's not really that big of a deal. 

Yeah, at least he didn't shoot the guy who was looking for his wine in defense of his property rights.  There is so much to be thankful for.

[MadBurgerMaker]

[MadBurgerMaker]

Yeah, at least he didn't shoot the guy who was looking for his wine in defense of his property rights.  There is so much to be thankful for.

Good point.  That guy should have thanked Otto for not immediately zapping him right there on the porch.  What a dick. 

[Darth Wagtaros]

Probably better to just destroy it all.

That, at least, would have been more morally defensible than simply stealing it by drinking some and storing the rest then claiming it had all simply vanished.

Better still, he could have just kept it until Fed Ex got things straightened out.   If he really couldn't do that, at the point the owner came by he could have been honest and simply explained his frustration with Fed Ex and offered to buy another case.  But lying about it.  That is reprehensible.

It's not really that big of a deal. 

Yeah, at least he didn't shoot the guy who was looking for his wine in defense of his property rights.  There is so much to be thankful for.

The old dude was white, and therefore not likely to mug him?  Maybe he had a confederate flag pin?

[frunk]

Clubbing seals is an honest profession.

It certainly is what it says on the tin.