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Originally Posted by ChoakMyDee
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The power was cut off to my apt.
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The issue I have with the kind of judgement that is thrown around in these instances is that nearly all (if not all) of us, have lied, cheated, stolen in some form or fashion if we really take the time to take 'magnitude' out of it. For instance, in your statement above, there must have been some period of time where you were literally stealing. You used power that you could not pay for. I am sure they sent you several bills of money you owed, and you did not pay them back for some period of time. But, somehow this is just fine and another kind of stealing is not.
I guess the question becomes, where do you draw the line? For me, I chose to recognize that, like me, others are far from perfect and have made mistakes. Some are very serious, and I don't condone stealing or scamming people by any means. But, that doesn't exclude someone from being able to make those wrongs right. If so, all of us would be in a world of hurt.
In the above example, I am sure you finally made good on your overdue bill once you were able. Now say I am one of those people that has never been late on any bill that I owed. Does that give me the right to vilify you for making electricity a little more expensive for everyone else while you are not able to pay? Or should I take a more reasonable approach, and say, hey, this guy isn't perfect. But he admitted he owed the money and is now doing everything he can to pay it back.
Just my 2 cents.