MEN THAT STEAL. EDITORIAL
I found out about a burglary involving 3 or 4 individuals, could be more. When a man decides to burglarize someone‘s property he has tunnel vision. All he can see is what he can gain and not what he is putting up to loose if he is caught. Give this some thought, if they get a few hundred dollars or several thousand dollars, how much have they really gotten?
For the rest of his life he will have the stolen property. Oh! he may sell it, but he will still have the money from the stolen property. Maybe he will give it away, that doesn’t work either, he may not have possession, but he is still the thief that took it. More than likely he will not give it or sell it to a stranger, I am sure it would be a friend, relative or some one he knew. I don’t know about you, but I would not want a friend or relative that will give me or sell to me stolen property. If I can’t trust my friends or relatives more than that, I don’t want them either and we will part forever.
The only way for him to remove that black spot from his conscience is to return the same item he took or pay the replacement cost. Sorry but that is the only way for him to undue what he has stolen. What he has stolen will always be stolen property, even if it is around a hundred years from now and even if a hundred people have owned it.
When the man brings home something that he has stolen, half of the stolen property now belongs to his wife. Minnesota law states that a husband and wife each own half of what they have together. Now you have a wife that was not a participant in the burglary, receiving stolen property taken by her husband. I think at least 90 % of the wives would be furious with their husbands, made them an accessory to burglary. A wife will know when a husband comes home with things costing more than their budget will allow.
I wonder if the man thinks of what his wife and family will do with him in jail. Does he expect the wife to earn enough money to pay all the bills with him setting and doing nothing all day long. Will a wife really want to stay married to a man who has put her in this situation. For me, I would not stay married to someone that would make stolen property more important than our marriage, family and friends.
The day will come when he is the person who is burglarized, do you think he will say "years ago I invaded someone's home and burglarized it and took "what I wanted" so it is only fair that the same is done unto me and I will not say a bad word about them." "I don’t think so" He will be screaming the loudest about his missing property and the invasion of his privacy. How strange it is, this man of two faces.
My advice to any woman, tell your man that he has only one chance to steal, if he uses it, you will be gone. When my grandson tells me he found something, my advice is this, " If it was not yours before you found it. It is not yours after you found it." When you find something, you are only the care taker of that item until you can find it’s real owner. If you don’t want to take the time and energy to find the real owner, do not pick it up. Let it lay for some one else to "find," let some one else steal it. You will not find any material thing that is worth stealing, when you think about what you could loose if you get caught. Keep in mind that in this day and age, hidden cameras and people with camcorders are all over the place. END.