Why thieves love to steal catalytic converters

Re:Why thieves love to steal catalytic converters by esyir on Monday November 22, 2021 @03:30AM (#29304130)

Replacing property is still depriving others, just in aggregate, rather than on an individual level. Are e so divorced from the concept of how property is obtained that we think we can magic it out of an infinite pool?

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Re:Why thieves love to steal catalytic converters by Nursie on Monday November 22, 2021 @03:50AM (#29304259)

> Replacing property is still depriving others, just in aggregate

Not if the original property is retrieved or the thief is made to pay.

I'm not sure in the context of this discussion, the worth of a human life, that your plea to consider where stuff comes from is that important.

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Re:Why thieves love to steal catalytic converters by esyir on Monday November 22, 2021 @05:06AM (#29304769)

I see property in the current context as a proportion of a life. People invest time and effort, the better part of their lives to create and acquire property. The theft of such is thus a theft of said life.

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Re:Why thieves love to steal catalytic converters by ketzo on Monday November 22, 2021 @11:36AM (#29308311)

And so if I take a candy bar from a drugstore counter, I deserve a 9mm round between the eyes?

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Re:Why thieves love to steal catalytic converters by esyir on Monday November 22, 2021 @10:13PM (#29314219)

Sure, if you want to have 0 sense of proportionality.

Steal a candy bar, no biggie. Steal a car and I won't sweat that death.

Ideally though, the police would intervene. That they aren't is the root cause of this problem.

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Re:Why thieves love to steal catalytic converters by Nursie on Monday November 22, 2021 @09:20PM (#29313939)

> The theft of such is thus a theft of said life.

In an entirely reversible manner.

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