[Jewelry making - Article 00241] - Re: [Orchid] Dealing with thieves

[Zen Sojourner]

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>         Feelings do not have any logic or rational. The vendor has a
>     way of looking at it that is  not held by some of the others
>     vendors in her building. I have since found out that some people
>     who have done business with t his woman in the past think this is
>     an anomaly, that it is out of character f or this woman. .... The
>     best indication of future behavior is past behavior. 

    Which is why people who know her don't want to prosecute - her past
    behaviour does not support her current behaviour. 

    There is the possibility that this is an emotional problem and not
    "thieving" per se.  Kleptomania is a compulsion, not a moral lapse. 

    We here on this list can't know this is the case, but we certainly
    can't know that it is NOT the case.  I'm satisfied to let the people
    who know her well deal with the issue as they see fit. 

    I STILL fail to see why this vendor should not be trusted.  She
    gives every appearance of being a rational, compassionate person. 

    I hope our society has come a bit farther along the path toward
    civilization than the "eye for an eye" method of "justice". 

    I don't think we have, in many instances.  But one can hope that we
    at least aren't casting out people with mental or emotional troubles
    just because their behaviour doesn't meet with our approval.  Whether
    or not that's the case here isn't knowable, at least not to us.  We
    cannot possibly know what the appropriate handling of this
    particular case would be.  Therefore trying to second guess the
    people who know her well and were there firsthand is worse than
    useless - its assuming guilt until proven innocent.  Kind of
    backwards from the law I'd hope to see practiced around here. 

Sojourner

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