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Thread #68932   Message #1168928
Posted By: GUEST,Bill Mason
23-Apr-04 - 09:22 AM
Thread Name: Svend: just a common jewel theif
Subject: RE: Svend: just a common jewel theif
As to the theft, it certainly did not hurt anyone.

It didn't hurt anyone?

Well, there's the owners of the ring that could have been out $50,000.

More likely, the insurance company would have been out the 50 grand. And when insurance companies have to pay out like that, the rates go up for everybody.

And when insurance rates go up, businesses pass those rate increases on to the customers. Next time you pay 5 cents more for a head of lettuce, it might be because of a thief like Svend.

It didn't hurt anyone?

Well, there's every citizen of Canada who is paying for the RCMP who have to devote resources and manpower to this case.

It didn't hurt anyone?

Well, there's every citizen of BC who is paying for the crown prosecutors and the court system who have to devote resources and manpower to this case.

It didn't hurt anyone?

Well, there's every citizen of Svend's constituency who are paying for a full time member of parliament to represent their interests and are not now being represented at all.

It didn't hurt anyone?

Well, there's Svend's live-in boyfriend, and other family members and friends, who have to deal with the mental anguish and public pressure that Svend has now brought upon them.

As for Campbell, he also committed a victimless crime

Describing speeding while drunk as "a victimless crime," has to be one the stupidest comments I've yet read. It's the kind of comment, though, that I've come to expect from you.