Classic Conundrum (THIEF giveaway) - CLOSED

i would take the bread but only to survive and never more than that. Preferably steal it from a millionaire bread maker hahahaha

Stealing is bad, but food is essential, it's not like pirating games or something you can live without.
However, if someone thinks that be a fair person is more important than a living person, well so be it...

But life isn,'t fair, you know...

It largely depends on whether those I am stealing from has plenty or little. If the person/people I steal from has much, and is just being stingy, then it wouldn't be stealing. Should my family be grateful, I would be giving my family what they rightfully deserved. I wouldn't necessarily admonish those who did the opposite immediately. I would first try to understand the reasons behind their actions. Should the reasons prove sufficient, I would let it go. Should the reasons not prove sufficient (such as because they are afraid), I would admonish them.

Yeah

To answer this question I will go off on a tangent, loop around, toss in a few distractions and then answer it at some point during my ramble. First off let's start with something that isn't a crime, just not really fair to others. There are sometimes free samples in stores where some people take multiple of the same thing. You often see this if the person giving out the free samples has left their counter for a moment. Perhaps to grab another box to replace the one a customer took from their display. The fact the multi-samplers tend to only do this when the display is unguarded means they know what they are doing is wrong, yet they do it anyway. Perhaps it is the thrill of the act of doing something sneaky, perhaps they are just really good samples or perhaps the samples were just too small that they truly did need multiple just to determine if they like the product or not. You often see people at supermarkets helping themselves to a grape or some bulk candy turning these products in to unintended sample bins. Since they are trained by the stores to try samples this might even be done subconsciously. The person doing it may not even consider it theft especially since it is so seldom that you hear of someone being punished for sampling bulk bin items. Perhaps if confronted they may say "I'm just sampling to see if I want to buy it" or "Almost everyone does it, the stores work that in to the cost of the products" or "Buzz off". One of the worst offenders for the candy bin thievery is kids when their mother/father's back is turned. Technically the law states the parents are accountable for the actions of the child, so technically they are just as guilty of their child's theft as the child is. Some may argue the child doesn't know any better, bad parenting or the child is just too innocent to know their action is wrong. Fine lines between intent of actions and reality of actions. So when you think about it, that loaf of bread could be taken by a child, it could be theft however children are often thought to be too innocent to be criminals. It could be someone taking the bread in order to make their own sample of it since in their mind sampling is not a crime. Where is the line between "sample" and "theft"? If you sample 1 or 2 candies, is that okay? What about 3 or 4? Does having a third candy switch it from "sampling" to "theft"? What if they are small candies, can you have an extra small one but only one larger one before it is truly theft? Going back to the bread. If we compare a bun to a small candy and a loaf of bread to a large candy, one could assume we could take a bun or two without it being punishable. If we can take one larger candy as a sample without it being a crime then one could assume a loaf of bread could be considered the same. Unless size truly does matter when it comes to if it is a crime or not. Perhaps cost too. Candies are definitely cheaper for the most part than a loaf of bread, however if you look in the bulk bins some of the candy is pretty expensive. They may be small but they are heavy which easily ramps up the cost of the candy. The loaf is actually pretty light and on some days bread is actually pretty cheap, so it may even be cheaper than the sample of candy was. So if it came down to my family starving or stealing a loaf of bread? I would let my child lick the loaf as a sample. Since I am a health inspector, the store would no longer legally be able to sell that loaf for health and safety concerns and I would take the loaf with be for health and safety reasons.

steal even the dog

First tell me: is that bread gluten free or not?

listen to my survival instinct and steal to eat

Of course I would steal. I'll even steal without the starving part.

Depends on where i am and "when" i live. If "today" and "here", i would go to find some job on the countryside.
Otherwise, sure, i would steal and maybe kill if needed ;P

Why shouldn't I? If you're saving lifes with it then why not?

Fuck the morals and fuck the police, lifes goes above those.

And if another chose not to, then hell its his own choice...

Of course I would, and I would steal even more if necessary.

I would steal for profit, the lulz, adrenaline rush etc... (if I was fairly confident I wouldn't be caught and it was someone or a company I didn't care about) I definitely wouldn't have a problem with stealing to eat.

I would.. definitely do it for my family

Will the bread respawn the next day? ;)

No one is going to starve when there are alternatives; even stealing.

I would steal food if I wouldn't have more choices.

And I couldn't amonish someone in that situation if he acts peacefully

I would if I had no other choice - and skip the meal myself so my family could have as much as possible.

On the one hand, I would admire a person for his/her morals if he/she choose the opposite. On the other hand, I would feel a sting of thinking less of that person at the same time for not feeding his/her family.

I choose thieve to feed!

i would thieve for family if i was by myself i would starve

I would steal to feed my family in that case. But I would have done everything I can to afford it first.

I would do it, but it would be hard

Depends who would I steal from.. but probably yes.

I don't like stealing. I would try to find legit ways to feed me or my family

I would steal if I had no other way to survive, it is more logical if I can not work, and I have family to support. I do not like having to do it, but if I get to that instance and I have no friends who can help me, I would do it.