[takebackaustin]

I sympathize, and feel the same that stealing property from a working person is stealing his life in part, but if you get to chase down and kill somebody because he stole your lawnmower that took maybe a month to clear enough cash to buy, can a Bernie Madoff client who lost his entire life’s retirement savings of millions of dollars chase him down and kill him? What’s the difference?

And how much of your life ( property value expressed in what time you take to clear it) on the low end? Ten seconds? Ten hours? Ten days?

[ExTxMarine]

What’s the difference?

This is as different as burglary is from robbery!

Sure, in both cases something is lost due to someone taking it, but the reality is one is a personal, often threatening, direct interaction with the owner and the other is a non-personal, typically non-threatening, indirect taking of property.

I appreciate your sympathy, but I think the difference is quite clear.