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Re: Art? or Theft? or just signs that NPR is damaged.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 11 Oct 2003 18:52:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> > I fail to see where she steals anything in the store. She just rearranges the
> > stock into interesting, if ephemral, shapes.
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> Which someone has to clean up. That's a theft of labor (the cleanup) as well as
> stealing use of the materials (the pieces are not available for sale while she's
> "using" them) as well as hinderance of trade (while she's "sculpting", it's
> harder to move around in the aisles near her) and trespass (she is not in the
> store for an approved purpose).
This seems to be your opinion more than the management of Home Depot, which seem
to view it as a mild annoyance at the worst.
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> (remember, conversion of stolen property doesn't have to be *permanent*. If you
> steal my car, take a joy ride, and then give it back, you've still stolen my
> car... even if you topped off the gastank before you returned it)
You are comparing a prosecutable crime with a non-crime. They are free to toss
her from the store if they find her activity inappropriate, so it seems a
non-issue.
-->Bruce<--
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