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Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric:
Luvian - This same logic applies to charge of "theft" towards the step-dad. Would it be theft if he threw out the drugs his daughter bought with her own money? Would it be theft if he threw away any porn magazines sauceman might have hidden in his closet? {hypothetically speaking, of course. Not implying that sauceman actually has any magazines hidden in his room.  ).
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Actually Cerek - yes. If the source of the money is sauceman's, and he is of age (18), then it is theft whether pr0n, CDs, games, or drugs were taken. The only arguement that a parent has in the case of drugs is "Be glad I didn't have you arrested". Everything else is legal for him to own.
I agree that the SF had every right to discipline, but destroying something that sauceman bought (assuming that they are destroyed and not just confiscated), for whatever reason is inexcusable. Just for comparison, what if sauceman had bought a car, and the SF took it to a junkyard or sold it without sauceman's permission? It shouldn't matter it the item(s) in question cost $1 or $10,000. This is wrongful destruction of property.
DISCLAIMER: As MagiK said, this is only one side of the story.