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[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I feel like these stories provide second-hand catharsis, but I don't know if it's necessarily a positive light.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yeah seems like committing a violent crime in response to a petty crime to me.

[–] hobovision@mander.xyz 24 points 23 hours ago

Humans work off of incentives and risk. If there's essentially no consequences for pickpocketting and the incentive is quite high with expensive phones and cash potential, the balance is way out of proportion. A good chance of getting your shit rocked brings it a bit more in line.

The possibility of getting shot or stabbed is way out of proportion the other way. That's the problem with America. You can't even give someone the bird when they nearly crash into you without fear of getting shot.

[–] stray@pawb.social 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't agree with characterizing being robbed from as not a big deal, especially when it's as physically intimate as pickpocketing.

Maybe it's no big deal to lose a bit of money if you're rich, but I would be truly fucked to lose my phone or wallet, and more than inconvenienced to lose money or objects which would need to be replaced with money.

But more than that is the sense of violation. What gives someone the right to come into my home or put hands on my body and take my personal things? It's dehumanizing. It feels disgusting to be treated that way. Of course I'm going to defend myself.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org -5 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

Pickpocketing is non violent. It is theft.

Robbery involves the use or threat of violence. It is a violent crime.

The two should not be conflated in either direction. Also pickpocketing does not happen at peoples homes, but in public spaces. This is different from break-ins which are a more serious crime as they violate the private living spaces of people on top of violating their property rights.

[–] stray@pawb.social 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think whether an attack is physically violent should play a role in whether someone is allowed to use violence to defend themselves. Plenty of forms of sexual assault are non-violent in the sense that they don't cause bodily harm to the victim, but I still think you should be allowed to resort to violent methods of stopping/preventing them. Things like gropings, upskirt photography, etc are a form of psychological violence in my opinion.

This is different from break-ins which are a more serious crime as they violate the private living spaces of people on top of violating their property rights.

What is the reasoning behind this distinction? Are you suggesting it's okay to defend your home with violence?

To come at this from another angle, do you think theft should be legal? If not, why is it okay for the state to enact violence on perpetrators, but not victims?

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Dude, i didnt make any remark on what forms of self defense are appropriate. I merely pointed out that robbery is a violent crime, wheras theft is not.

Subsequently robbery is facing harsher sentences than simple theft and it is important to distinguish the two, or any other forms of crime for that matter. There is a reason why all sorts of crime have been defined specifically and differently from each other.

[–] 5in1k@lemmy.zip 13 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

My reponse would be extremely violent if I were to be pick pocketed that’s for sure. I would not even feel bad at their injuries.

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 12 hours ago

So they make the internet worse for poor people? I could get through 20k in a second, but someone with just an old laptop would take a few minutes, no?

Couldn't give less of a fuck, if someone steals from me they're gonna face the consequences

[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

Pickpocketing is robbery, my guy.

Just because it is done stealthily doesn't mean i wasn't robbed of my goods

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago

I think you’re mixing up the words “theft” and “robbery”. Robbery always specifically indicates violence.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Pickpocketing is a form of larceny that involves the stealing of money or other valuables from the person or a victim's pocket without them noticing the theft at the time.

Robbery[a] is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or use of fear. According to common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person of that property, by means of force or fear; that is, it is a larceny or theft accomplished by an assault.[2] Precise definitions of the offence may vary between jurisdictions. Robbery is differentiated from other forms of theft (such as burglary, shoplifting, pickpocketing, or car theft) by its inherently violent nature (a violent crime); whereas many lesser forms of theft are punished as misdemeanors, robbery is always a felony in jurisdictions that distinguish between the two.

[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 11 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah let's get dragged into semantics.

Does violence only happen in physical form? Because the time I was pickpocketed left me paranoid for years. The violence inflicted upon me didn't leave me physically hurting, you're definitely correct there.

It left me emotionally fucked for years.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Precise definitions are important in law. Someone threatening or using physical violence is a more severe crime. Conflating the two is detrimental to everyone.

[–] DistrictSIX@lemmy.zip -1 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Bless you trying to be sensible, but most in the US seem to have internalized violence as a virtue. Their feelings being hurt seems to mean someone has to get physically hurt to pay.

So the guy being paranoid because they were pick pocketed above somehow feels like he would avoid the impact if he gets to physically hurt the thief. He can't see how normal people don't really enjoy physically hurting others, and want to avoid it. They're not normal in his eyes, they're 'pussies' smdh.

[–] kayohtie@pawb.social 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Jesus I thought assumptions about others was more a thing of Reddit, not here. The user you're talking about simply stated they felt violated heavily by such, not that they'd inflict violence specifically.

My apartment was burglarized over a decade ago and I'm only just now getting over the trauma of it mostly. I had nightmares for years about coming home and my front door being wide open, and everything being gone. I lost sleep waking up repeatedly from these nightmares.

It's easy to point fingers when you haven't been traumatized by an event yourself. Have an ounce of fucking empathy here. Neither that person nor I want to hurt folks at all, and I absolutely wouldn't be able to hurt someone who broke into my place even if I was home besides yelling and trying to scare them off by making a loud racket. But that doesn't mean we weren't violated in some fashion.

Like the other commenter in the thread about his wife elbowing a pickpocket, that's not actually going to hurt or damage anyone but it'll startle the hell out of them to run off. It's not like she beat him or made him bleed, at worst he got a bruise for a couple hours.

Anyway great to know more folks give zero shits about mental health clearly.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 11 hours ago

LMAO because Americans really care about the conditions that drive people to crime. Solving the issue of poverty solves a lot of crime, but fuck caring about the mental health of those driven to crime. We only care about the mental health of people who are doing well.

I want some of what you're smoking. US society is absolutely fucked.

[–] 5in1k@lemmy.zip 0 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Yes stealing my money and property is the same as getting my feelings hurt. Giant pussies, not just normal sized ones.

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, but in America it is acceptable to shoot an unarmed teenager running away for stealing a candy bar, so not exactly preaching to the choir here

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago

Hell, there’s at least one story of a black teenager being shot because he rang someone’s doorbell to ask for help.