What would you do? this is fucked up....

ThaGreenBandit said:

For those of us who stole candy when we were kids, once you found that store that was almost too easy to steal from without being caught, we just kept taking, and taking, and taking... ...

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So stealing is ok, just not from you? I didn't steal as a kid because nothing I could steal was worth what my dad would do to me if I got caught. If it's not yours, don't touch it. At work the other day I was going through the mail. I came across a letter that had the address right, but no one where I work has this name. I opened it and there was a card with $235 cash.

What would you do?

The answer to that question pretty much sums up who you are as a person.

I put it in a UPS next day envelope and sent it back to the return address with a letter explaining why it was opened. I received a letter several days later that simply said "Thank you for being who you are" I would say that was well worth $235

cloudflyer said:

So stealing is ok, just not from you? I didn't steal as a kid because nothing I could steal was worth what my dad would do to me if I got caught. If it's not yours, don't touch it. At work the other day I was going through the mail. I came across a letter that had the address right, but no one where I work has this name. I opened it and there was a card with $235 cash.

What would you do?

The answer to that question pretty much sums up who you are as a person.

I put it in a UPS next day envelope and sent it back to the return address with a letter explaining why it was opened. I received a letter several days later that simply said "Thank you for being who you are" I would say that was well worth $235

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Okay, so we weren't all holier than thou, like you, when we were kids. It was an example, and I'm sure you got my point

ThaGreenBandit said:

Okay, so we weren't all holier than thou, like you, when we were kids. It was an example, and I'm sure you got my point

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The mian reason I see people give for their actions is, what goes around, comes around. They hurt me so I'm going to hurt them. The reson I brought that up was because maybe you are stuck in a loop and one change in perception might be good.

I am not holier than thou, though I didn't steal. I was a very angry kid actually. Dad was very strict. Vietnam vet, hated hippies and shit like that. Pretty angry, and crazy obsesive complsive. He raised me alone. I was on that track, thats for sure. I had a mullet when mullets were cool. I fought constantly,looking back it's quite embarsiing actually.

Getting to the holier than thou part. If you go back to the story I told before about Haiti. Once you come to reality that right and wrong are not defined ,but instead a perception, you start to feel guilty about the things your were once proud of. Some of the things I did as a Ranger, for love of country, are far from holier than thou.
It's the secert pain you carry in the real world and the only people that see it in you are in the same boat.
Do you think I am saying all this so I can feel better than you in some way? Fuck no, I am warning you. I wish someone had told me a thing or two, I needed to hear it. I am telling you a leason that I had to learn the hard way. What you do with it is up to you.

"what goes around, comes around" workes both ways.

ThaGreenBandit said:

Okay, so we weren't all holier than thou, like you, when we were kids. It was an example, and I'm sure you got my point

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I certainly wasn't an honest kid, but I like to think that I've grown up enough that I won't say things like "I'd steal from someone given the chance". That's just fucked up right there. Who would want to be your friend if you say/think shit like that?

this is what i would do:

get your neighbour over at yours and show him your set up. tell him that you had to show someone coz your so proud of your handy work. tell him he is the only person who knows about it, so if anything goes missing you will know where to look.

or

confront him with the tape. he aint going to the cops

stealing is ok in some circumstances

where neccessity dictates

but im sure your neighbour aint chopping up your ladies and feeding them to his kids

cloudflyer said:

The mian reason I see people give for their actions is, what goes around, comes around. They hurt me so I'm going to hurt them.
"what goes around, comes around" workes both ways.

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It's life even in the business world as green said, for real they even worse than the dealers.
They can really fuck a person over without fists/tone/or violence period.

Everyone knows about what goes around, comes around.
Thing is cloud I get what you sayin but it doesn't work like that, we all know it'll come back in return and you gotta be ready for it.

All this your method is bad etc, It's been working for many and it seems like your method works so you gotta do you n pple gonna do them.
You gotta be easy.

ceestyle said:

I certainly wasn't an honest kid, but I like to think that I've grown up enough that I won't say things like "I'd steal from someone given the chance". That's just fucked up right there. Who would want to be your friend if you say/think shit like that?

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Uh, when did I say I'd steal from someone given the chance? I'm a grown ass man and I don't roll like that. Get it right, homie

Damn i set some stuff off son! Obviously i was kidding about my last post but....

Bottom line if someone takes from me I want them to know that i'm pissed, especially if i have proof. Suffering in silence is not my thing, and other people shouldn't do this either, it's unhealthy. Even The bible says don't do it, and i don't, so why is it cool for you to steal from me? Because i won't go to the cops about it? Because i thought you were chill, and invited you in my house? Because you thought i was a punk, and took advantage of me? Just another reason why you don't tell people anything about what you got going down...

But look, if your growing because you feel it helps you, and i know alot of us feel that way, myself included, then their stealing your medicine. Which is like taking away the thing you need most. So you have to ask yourself that. But If your growing to make a quick buck (which aint no thing) then you need to ask yourself if it might be some Karma going down, and get over it. Hustling has it's disadvantages too... Either way, each person has to figure it out for themselves...

... Anyways, All i'm saying if it was me, my conscious would be clear about myself, and i'd get mine...

FarmerDave said:

Damn i set some stuff off son! Obviously i was kidding about my last post but....

Bottom line if someone takes from me I want them to know that i'm pissed, especially if i have proof. Suffering in silence is not my thing, and other people shouldn't do this either, it's unhealthy. Even The bible says don't do it, and i don't, so why is it cool for you to steal from me? Because i won't go to the cops about it? Because i thought you were chill, and invited you in my house? Because you thought i was a punk, and took advantage of me? Just another reason why you don't tell people anything about what you got going down...

But look, if your growing because you feel it helps you, and i know alot of us feel that way, myself included, then their stealing your medicine. Which is like taking away the thing you need most. So you have to ask yourself that. But If your growing to make a quick buck (which aint no thing) then you need to ask yourself if it might be some Karma going down, and get over it. Hustling has it's disadvantages too... Either way, each person has to figure it out for themselves...

... Anyways, All i'm saying if it was me, my conscious would be clear about myself, and i'd get mine...

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I can dig it...

FarmerDave said:

Bottom line if someone takes from me I want them to know that i'm pissed, especially if i have proof. Suffering in silence is not my thing, and other people shouldn't do this either, it's unhealthy. Even The bible says don't do it, and i don't, so why is it cool for you to steal from me?
... Anyways, All i'm saying if it was me, my conscious would be clear about myself, and i'd get mine...

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Suffering in silence sucks, but this situation is a risk vs reward.
Do you risk jail, retaliation, or him telling your landlord for a SMALL chance your going to get your shit back.
Had it been a TV or something like that, different reaction.
Had he caught him in the act, a whole different story.
I said my peace, its all good
Well one more thing. You mentioned the bible. I am not religious at all. More wars have been started by "My god has a bigger dick than your god" than I can count. But that another thread entirely.

This guy came into your crib and robbed you, he has some fuckin nerve. Tell him to come over and smoke, get him blazed and then say Hey i picked up this new porn vid today, pop that surv. tape in watch his jaw drop, pistol whip that bitch and watch him beg for his life. you gotta go hard body let him know you tried to be cool but he fucked up.

NYCJB said:

This guy came into your crib and robbed you, he has some fuckin nerve. Tell him to come over and smoke, get him blazed and then say Hey i picked up this new porn vid today, pop that surv. tape in watch his jaw drop, pistol whip that bitch and watch him beg for his life. you gotta go hard body let him know you tried to be cool but he fucked up.

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WTF! ahahaahahahahahahahahahahaklsdfjkasdlkjasdfk;l

fuck that, i'd earse his fuckin ass from teh situation.. thats your lively hood man.. hypothetically of course.. it's paying yoru rent and feeding your face.. deal with that shit.. hypothetically in a hostile manner as to never confuse kindness and understanding for weakness..

id set him up like by tellin him you got some shit thats worth 1000 a plant...when he BREAKS INTO YOUR HOUSE TO STEAL FROM YOU id be waiting for him with my partners and we would.......ya know?then show him the tape.i bet he moves then....after you get your babies back...

take the violent route. nuff said

nah dude, you got to talk to him about it. If you just go in swinging you are no better then the war mongers in congress.

Get out, you're totally busted. Your op is just a liability waiting to expire. After you clean up, do whatever you wanna do to that guy.

look, the dude is a smoker himself, so unless hes a fuckin bitchass piece of shit, he aint gonna call the cops on you. Just set his ass up...Tell him your takin a trip out of town for a day or two - and let his ass see you leave. Park your car at a friends house, and then have them take you back to your crib- sneak in so your neighbor still thinks your gone, and chill the fuck out. He will almost definitely come to snag some more bud off you, and when he does, just be sittin there, with the tape in the vcr like - we gotta fuckin talk dude. N sit his ass down, and try to reason with him. If he tries to take the offensive, the second he opens his fuckin mouth in a beligerent way, slug him in the fuckin grill. While hes sittin there holdin his jaw n lookin up at you like WTF?! try to reason with him again. It would be a good idea if your partners are there, so you can keep him there and make sure he dont leave until you get your point across and you come to an understanding with the guy.

If he doesn;t know who your partners are or where they live, hell be more inclined to listen to what you have to say n never call the cops, cuz hell be too scared of your people comin after his ass after you hit county.

-OR-

Just do simple like and break the fuck into HIS house when hes gone, and either steal your plants back, or if they aint there no more, steal something valueable of his. See if he calls the cops when he notices hes been robbed. If he doesn't then u know the plants are still in the house somewhere. Just continue to rob his house like he robbed you several times, until you have recouped your losses, wether it be with the money you get from takin all his shit to the pawn shop, or getting your plants back. Either way, hell eventually realize whats goin on, and try to confront you - at which point you can just confront him right back, and come to an understanding.

Either way, you need to do somethin about it man. If you dont, hell think your bitchmade, and hell just keep stealing from you. Itll never stop man. U cant be bitchmade if you got a growop dude - you gotta be ready to drop the fuckin hammer if need be...

And you know this! Sometimes, not all the time, but sometimes, violence is a necessity. I'm glad it's some folks on here who have enough sense to know this. It ain't always the route, but when you're dealing in illegal business, and using this illegal business to pay bills and keep a roof over your head...