[Summit] Were the bikes locked up?
Jeffrey Cavanaugh
jeff at cavanaugh.org
Sat Sep 13 22:12:22 UTC 2014
Don't over think this. Stealing kids' bikes is wrong.
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Robert Mathiesen <rmath13 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was responding to your sarcastic remark. As for the ethics of it, you
> know very well that there is no consensus among Americans today as to
> whether the law is a valuable prop of a praiseworthy social order, or a
> force of oppression mustered against oppressed people (usually peoples of
> color). No pronouncement about ethics will ever settle that controversy in
> favor of one side or the other. We will never again have any national
> unity about ethics or morality or law. The divisions in the United States
> run too deep, and have become too entrenched by now. -- Bob M
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 4:13 PM, James Kelley <crunniuc at live.com> wrote:
>
>> It's irrelevant if they had the means to cut a lock. They took
>> something that did not belong to them. They had NO ethical conscience.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Jim Kelley
>> ------------------------------
>> From: Robert Mathiesen <rmath13 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: 9/13/2014 4:10 PM
>> To: James Barfoot <barfootjim at gmail.com>
>> Cc: <summit at sna.providence.ri.us> <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>; Peter
>> Gallant <Pete1188 at cox.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Summit] Were the bikes locked up?
>>
>> No, James. It's worth knowing whether those two thieves had means to
>> overcome a bicycle lock. Many don;t, some do. Bob M
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 6:39 AM, James Barfoot <barfootjim at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Then, it's obviously the victims' fault! [sarcasm]
>>
>> On Sep 12, 2014, at 6:01 PM, Tony Adams <aa44ee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > No. The kids had just dropped their bikes and ran to the neighbor's
>> house for a few. They returned to find their bikes gone.
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> >> On Sep 12, 2014, at 17:40, "Peter Gallant" <Pete1188 at cox.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Just curious.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>>
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