On 3/9/2010 11:50 AM, RJack wrote:
"... but that's not relevant". Neither is your analogy.
You're wrong about that (naturally). The original conversation was On
3/2/2010 10:43 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
David Kastrup wrote:
Taking something in a supermarket without paying constitutes
theft.
The
relevant activity of the theft is done at the time I take the
ware, the status of the theft is established when I pass the cash
register.
Uh stupid dak. You're mistaken.
As usual, Terekhov was wrong, and the Colorado case is an example
which demonstrates this. Borrowing a DVD from a library is a legal
act. Borrowing a DVD from a library and failing to return it is
theft. The status of the theft is established once sufficient time
has passed and the item has not been returned.