I could hardly believe my eyes when you pulled your car up on the wrong side of the road next to my fruit tree like you were parking. But instead of parking you reached over and pulled at least two Asian pears off our tree. I could clearly see you taking something that wasn't yours. Just because the fruit is something that literally grows on trees doesn't make it free. So when I asked you, "Are you stealing my fruit?" you could have just said yes. But instead you told me that because the branches were hanging out over the street that they were fair game. I even told you that if you had asked to try one of them, it would have been okay. However, rather than apologize, you just drove off in a huff. Now I have to worry that some pissed-off thief will cut down our fruit trees just because they can't handle being called the thief they are. Oh well. I hope you hate the Asian pears. I'm sure you will because they won't be ready for a couple of months. Right now they're small and woody like your horrible little heart.—Anonymous
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You're ignorant. Usufruct has been fair game for longer than you can hope to understand.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usufruct
So shut the hell up. Were you really going to eat every single one?
Leviticus 19:9-10
"Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.
Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger."
Absolutely, 110% agree with anonymous. Not only was this a delightfully specific complaint, whereas all-too-many others are just general rants about a large portion of society, but it was well-written and actually made me feel for the writer. Nice to see an i,anonymous published that is not laden with superfluous F-bombs and violent sexual references. Screw the discourteous pear thief! Anonymous, may your tree thrive and your pears prosper!
Stealing is stealing, whether the fruit is in my kitchen or on my tree. Arguments to the contrary are self serving justifications for thieving. That the so-called "Gleaners" never ask first proves they know it.
Anyone who quotes Leviticus is just BEGGING to be called a hyprocrite. Unless you eschew pork, blended fabrics, and own slaves keep the old testament garbage to yourself.
And while it's probably true that said pear grower wasn't going to eat all the fruit themselves, that's not to say they didn't have plans for it. For all you know, all those pears were going to people who can't generally afford fruit, and lack cars from which to steal it.
Quoting Leviticus makes you look like an asshole, and that Wiki entry says nothing about U.S. law on the subject of usufruct, which makes me think that it's not a recognized thing roundabouts here.
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