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Originally posted by Sir Byronas:
But Dreamer as Larry said stealing is stealing even when it is done by people in need. In my opinion those people were trying to steal gas because they thought that they will earn money because the owner left them their. There are always some people that they will do such a thing even if this means that they might die.
They would have a good case in court as technically the owner had abandoned the barrels to be destroyed thus he would count as having thrown them away. There is no way a prosecutor would be able to argue that the owner had left them to collect them later as they would certainly have been destroyed in his abscence (or in his presence, come to that, if they weren't moved). They were driven to do it as they had no money and saw a way to take a huge risk for huge reward. It didn't pay off, but if it had done then they would have gained hugely from it. I think they might be forgiven this one crime in the circumstances.
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