Re:I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptograp...
by kortilla on Monday January 31, 2022 @03:32AM
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> In the pure theft case, there's no intervening act by a store employee. It requires criminal intent
Yes there is, they have cameras and people who can frisk at the doors. I don’t think you want to go down the path of “if there was some action an employee could have taken to stop it, it’s not theft”.
> No, they don't have access to admissions on HN years later.
“They can’t prove it” is not an argument that something isn’t theft. You can go through whatever mental gymnastics you want to go over how difficult it will be to legally prove theft for prosecution, but it doesn’t change what it morally is at all.
Yes there is, they have cameras and people who can frisk at the doors. I don’t think you want to go down the path of “if there was some action an employee could have taken to stop it, it’s not theft”.
> No, they don't have access to admissions on HN years later.
“They can’t prove it” is not an argument that something isn’t theft. You can go through whatever mental gymnastics you want to go over how difficult it will be to legally prove theft for prosecution, but it doesn’t change what it morally is at all.