February 02, 2008
Teens Unremorseful After Stealing From Girl Scout
- two Florida teenagers stole money from a little girl selling Girl Scout cookies in front of a crowded supermarket in broad daylight. Strangely, they agree to explain to reporters that they are unrepentant about the crime. "I'm not sorry," one of the teenagers explains, "I'm just pissed that I got caught."
Watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVv7Uz8nC2A
(Sorry, you'll have to cut'n'paste this link into your browser. My HTML skillz don't really pay da bills...)
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She says she needed the money. Why don't you believe her?
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Supply and demand. The Girl Scout had a supply, and the teens had a demand.
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Two words. Drop. Kick.
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Authorities said the teens were not charged because they did not use force to steal the money, nor did they take the money from the Girl Scout’s hands. Well, that's bullshit. Poor little girl scout.
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Yeah, aren't pickpocketing and shoplifting legally actionable? I bet that right now, Winona Ryder is PISSED OFF. Seriously, though, lack of such a basic level of empathy and remorse is like proto-sociopathy. At least, that's what my expertise as a computer programmer tells me.
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I think most kids who do this sort of thing are unremorseful at heart, no matter what they tell adults in hopes of sympathy and a reduced punishment.
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The story that was linked above has left out a word. If you read the first part, it says that the State Attorney's office is deciding what to charge the teenagers with, and at one point one of the thieves says she has "all these charges". Later on it says they weren't charged because [etc]. This version says that they aren't being charged with robbery, and that the prosecutors are still working on what (all) to charge them with. I'd guess theft, most likely, and whatever else the prosecutors can make fit.
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Yay! I heartily dislike the way the GS set up the table in front of the grocery and try to make you feel guilty for not buying their sugar-bombs. Now, if they sold beer...
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What's the point of belonging to a vaguely paramilitary organisation like the scouts if your sisters don't descend en masse on the malefactors after an incident like this and exert a bloody and brutal revenge? Step to it, lasses.
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I think most kids who do this sort of thing are unremorseful at heart... My point is really that most teenagers wouldn't steal money from a girl scout just because they want new earrings from Claire's or whatever. Most teenagers wouldn't steal money from a girl scout if they needed a kidney, for that matter.
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Exactly, Abiezer. This seems like a perfect opportunity for the troop to earn their tarring and feathering badges.
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Exactly, roryk! Girl Scouts need to get with the times. What about that Open a Can of Whoopass badge?