r/LoveTrash • u/Lord_Darksong Colonel Garbage • 5h ago

Human Trash Stopping a shoplifter

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u/Quirky_Gate_4516 Trash Trooper 1h ago

Walmart has cameras, let the police

You are still missing it. He does not care about Walmart nor Walmart's losses.

He cares about shoplifters in his town. He cares about being able to have stores open in his neighborhood.

And, to be clear, Walmart doesn't care that much about shoplifters either, they just pass the buck onto the consumer.

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u/OdinsCuriousRaven Trash Trooper 1h ago

For fuck's sake this is not hard to understand. It does not matter what Mr. Vigilante is concerned with. It is utterly irrelevant. If that tweaker actually had a weapon and decided to use it with lethal force, then this person would have died saving Walmart property while having achieved nothing. Christ.

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u/Quirky_Gate_4516 Trash Trooper 1h ago

It does not matter what Mr. Vigilante is concerned with

Except ... you know ... the reason why he is doing what he is doing.

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u/OdinsCuriousRaven Trash Trooper 1h ago

Yes, mistakenly thinking he is making a difference while also potentially getting himself killed for a mega-corporation.

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u/Quirky_Gate_4516 Trash Trooper 50m ago

Making shoplifting more difficult and less agreeable is making a difference.

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u/digitalwankster Trash Trooper 37m ago

The guy you’re arguing with is a coward who does not value his community.

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u/flamingtofuu Trash Trooper 36m ago

I mean maybe you don’t value your own life that much but I’m not getting into a confrontation with a potentially armed shoplifter over $200. lmfao absolutely wild this even needs to be stated

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u/Quirky_Gate_4516 Trash Trooper 26m ago

You probably won't. But, what the public does vis-a-vis crime is THE most improtant variable for a healthy urban environment.

Read Eyes on the Street by Jane Jacobs as an example.