Comments on: Shoplifting will not cause global warming http://blog.dayofdan.com/2009/12/22/shoplifting-will-not-cause-global-warming/ (or, what the hell am I going to write a book about?) Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:13:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Odella Cuddy http://blog.dayofdan.com/2009/12/22/shoplifting-will-not-cause-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-38500 Odella Cuddy Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:13:16 +0000 http://blog.dayofdan.com/?p=129#comment-38500 <blockquote><em>I don’t agree with crime in any form, I’m also an atheist, a humanist and I don’t particularly like religion, but… if I had to choose whether you became a christian or a scientologist then I know which one I’d rather you be. They fall under the same umbrella (yes, yes, I know) but only one is noticably more harmful to yourself and others around you. Would you prefer your child smoked weed or took heroin? This is why we have different sentences for criminal acts. Steal a can of baked beans from a major supermarket chain to feed your kids might be against the law, but it’s not the same as raping the pope.</em></blockquote> +1

I don’t agree with crime in any form, I’m also an atheist, a humanist and I don’t particularly like religion, but… if I had to choose whether you became a christian or a scientologist then I know which one I’d rather you be. They fall under the same umbrella (yes, yes, I know) but only one is noticably more harmful to yourself and others around you. Would you prefer your child smoked weed or took heroin? This is why we have different sentences for criminal acts. Steal a can of baked beans from a major supermarket chain to feed your kids might be against the law, but it’s not the same as raping the pope.

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