On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:07:05 -0400, Sabrina Kilian wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:48:18 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> 
>>> If (??!?) somebody steals my lump of gold, can I take them to court
>>> and realistically expect to get a conviction?
>> 
>> In the US, that depends on how good your lawyer is.
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> There is also some term along the lines of 'enticement', that says you
> can't call it theft if you make it too easy to take something. Like
> putting a gold bar on a table that says 'free samples' when you really
> just meant samples of the cookies.

True, there is that aspect as well.

Jim

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