[jjm2111]

you're not getting 9 years for $400, you're getting nine years for a life. Crackhead the mope may have been, but he doesn't live anymore.

[stylin_geek]

Eh, off posting anyway. Yeah, talk about a dumb straw man. 9 years to life for $400. However, I do question whether or not anyone realizes that there is a moral principle involved. You are still looking at throwing someone in jail for defending his property. At what point is defending property not a principle worthy of defence? Either the premise of personal property exists, or it does not. Apparently, some of our posters think someone who steals should be given a pass on theft, because of the dollar value involved. If one is placing a dollar value on a premise, does this not cheapen the principle? By the way, our debate would not be taking place had the thief not committed the crime.