Increased shoplifting is another sign of bad times

The Kansas City Star ^ | December 19, 2008 | Joyce Smith

[az.b1bbomberfxr]

IMHO, anyone going into a store with the mindset of acquiring a Slim Shady...AKA Eminem CD has criminal tendencies anyway. Am I stereotyping?...If so...SORRY

[bert]

Poor old plagerizing Joyce. What bad news can I dredgeup from years past.

Ahh, that’s it, shop lifting.

[pallis]

“IMHO, anyone going into a store with the mindset of acquiring a Slim Shady...AKA Eminem CD has criminal tendencies anyway....”

Especially if they play it loud enough for me to hear it.

[Zhang Fei]

Bovine manure. It’s evidence that there are some that are thieves, and are of low character.

The increase does come from somewhere, though. The economy may have something to do with it, although not necessarily in terms of creating new shoplifters. If it's an increase in missing inventory, it might be that cuts in store personnel have made shoplifters bolder. If it's an increase in arrests, it might be that fewer customers mean security people have an easier time keeping track of potential shoplifters.

[az.b1bbomberfxr]

Especially if they play it loud enough for me to hear it.

LOL...touche, my friend!!

[ICE-FLYER]

Increased Shoplifting is a sign of one thing...and it's NOT bad times. Its the fact that we do not allow our society at all levels to teach moral absolutes. Its OUR failure together for not pummeling the liberal bastards who have stolen the rightful inheritance of our children from a country founded on moral absolutes that are good for all people at all times. It has been replaced by moral relativism and situational ethics capped off with liberals demanding excuses be made for all bad actions.

We deserve everything we get from this. I am sick of it and no longer care what Liberals think of my total contempt for them and what they have done to our country/society.

[This Just In]

I am specifically addressing the title and context of the article, which suggests that people are being pressured to steal due to economic/financial hardships.

That’s a load a bull. I am sure that there are isolated instances where individuals had shoplifted in order to survive (food and clothing), but this article states that the increase in theft is as a result of the economic downturn.

These people who are shoplifting are criminals. I’ll save my sympathy for those individuals who truly deserve it.

[businessprofessor]

The real reason for buying the guns isn’t an increase in crime now or the immediate future, it is because of pending changes to gun purchase laws from an empowered Liberal government.

While I agree there is anxiety about gun grab by the coming rat control, there is also lots of anxiety about future crime. A little reading about the economic collapse in Argentina would make one interested in buying a firearm. Unfortunately, it will be too late to buy a firearm if an economic collapse occurs.

[staytrue]

Why would anyone steal CDs when with very little effort, you can grab free MP3s off the net?

because it is easier to steal a cd than a computer to log on with.