dateline is doing a show on stolen ipods. dateline placed ipods in bags from the store or in canvas bags in various locations and taped them. they also put some form of following data on the ipod so they could be traced. my question is this:
if you were to find a bag with something in it on top of a trash can outside at like a strip mall, would you take it? if you wanted to return it, where would you return it? would you leave it alone?
if you found a bag with something in it INSIDE a store or restaurant, what would you do? take it? return it? leave it as is?
spange and i are having a hard time thinking that someone STOLE something in a public, outside place. dateline left bags with ipods on park benches in public, on top of trash cans, and also on tables in restaurants. i agree that you are knowingly stealing if it's in a place where it can be returned, but what about when it's just out there? when i find a penny on the sidewalk, am i stealing it because i take it? obviously, i know that if you take something that's not yours, it can be considered stealing. but is it the same thing if i take an ipod in a shopping bag that's sitting on a park bench or take a penny off the sidewalk?
i'm really curious to hear some responses. i'm trying to figure out what i think about this.
if you were to find a bag with something in it on top of a trash can outside at like a strip mall, would you take it? if you wanted to return it, where would you return it? would you leave it alone?
if you found a bag with something in it INSIDE a store or restaurant, what would you do? take it? return it? leave it as is?
spange and i are having a hard time thinking that someone STOLE something in a public, outside place. dateline left bags with ipods on park benches in public, on top of trash cans, and also on tables in restaurants. i agree that you are knowingly stealing if it's in a place where it can be returned, but what about when it's just out there? when i find a penny on the sidewalk, am i stealing it because i take it? obviously, i know that if you take something that's not yours, it can be considered stealing. but is it the same thing if i take an ipod in a shopping bag that's sitting on a park bench or take a penny off the sidewalk?
i'm really curious to hear some responses. i'm trying to figure out what i think about this.