01 Jun 08
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Hasn't anybody ever had anything stolen from them of no monetary value
and great sentiment, just for the sake of it?
Or your last goods taken by someone wealthy enough not to need them?
Or met intelligent people that can make much more money honestly but
preferring to steal.
I think there's much more to the psychology of stealing than greed.
http://www.helium.com/knowledge/8695-reasons-people-steal
edit. Oh oh, I used an -ology in my post, hike to the science forum then.
01 Jun 08
Originally posted by Thequ1ckThere are lots of people who are just buttholes and enjoy making others suffer. In online gaming they're called "griefers".
Hasn't anybody ever had anything stolen from them of no monetary value
and great sentiment, just for the sake of it?
Or your last goods taken by someone wealthy enough not to need them?
Or met intelligent people that can make much more money honestly but
preferring to steal.
I think there's much more to the psychology of stealing than greed.
http: ...[text shortened]... sons-people-steal
edit. Oh oh, I used an -ology in my post, hike to the science forum then.
02 Jun 08
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Originally posted by Thequ1ckBecause the grass is greener on the other side, because of the I'll have what she's having syndrome, because to be satisfied with what you have might mean actually getting on with life and living, which implies accepting dying, which translates as stealing becomes a way of avoiding your circumstances and instead helps you put off the business of actually living your own life with all its limitations and instead allows you to live in an alternate reality that is only governed by the thrill of the next score. I'm sure if you looked closely enough you would see a strong correlation in personality types between thieves and gamblers
I know the most obvious answer is because they want or need something
but is that all there is to it?
02 Jun 08
Originally posted by Thequ1ckThe quick cheap high of "now I have some money, a car, a TV, etc that I didn't have before". There is an evil that walks this world and gets into people's minds and hearts (call it what ever you want). If you had somebody who raised you right, you pass or don't even think about those opportunities that others smile and act upon.
I know the most obvious answer is because they want or need something
but is that all there is to it?
02 Jun 08
Originally posted by kmax87You almost made some sense there kmax, yep, putting your stinkin thieving hands on other peoples property is a denial of reality.
Because the grass is greener on the other side, because of the I'll have what she's having syndrome, because to be satisfied with what you have might mean actually getting on with life and living, which implies accepting dying, which translates as stealing becomes a way of avoiding your circumstances and instead helps you put off the business of actually livi ...[text shortened]... y enough you would see a strong correlation in personality types between thieves and gamblers
02 Jun 08
Originally posted by Thequ1ckHunger.
I know the most obvious answer is because they want or need something
but is that all there is to it?
Indoctrination that material things are important.
Society which dictates that the more you have the better you are.
Kleptomania.
Avoiding a hard days work.
Not wanting to work for the man.
Not wanting the man to profit from your labour.
Wealth (as in the resources the West steals from 3rd world nations, but doesn't call it theft, but free market capitalism).
And last, but not least, just to piss people off!