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Sarkastique Hey, gorgeous from Baltimore Since: Dec, 2010
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#26: Apr 26th 2012 at 1:35:59 PM

Mobile, what I would want is irrelevant. If someone just found a bag full of my shit on the street with my ID, it'd be clear theft if they just took it.

This bag was buried in the woods. It was obviously put there by someone who wanted it there, and it's not the responsibility of the person who finds it to ask questions like that. It's definitely not the responsibility of someone who wasn't involved at all.

Jimmy, the worst that happens if you go to the cops is that your friend gets arrested for theft, the best case scenario is... what, exactly? They find the owner who then sues your friend for property damage? Either way you're a snitch who fucked their friend over.

edited 26th Apr '12 1:38:23 PM by Sarkastique

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Jimmmyman10 cannot into space from polan Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
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#27: Apr 26th 2012 at 1:37:24 PM

Yes, but his friend did take it out of the woods, and he did burn some of the things inside, and he did claim the other stuff as his own. Should he have left it there and ignored it?

Maybe.

Is that question irrelevant now?

Yes.

Go play Kentucky Route Zero. Now.
MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan!
#28: Apr 26th 2012 at 1:52:01 PM

Right, so I've heard a few people say that my remark about these actions being 'evil' were 'ridiculous' and 'melodramatic'. Well, this is one of those moments when I have to admit that my grasp of the English language is not perfect. I was trying to find a word for 'morally wrong - really morally wrong' that didn't sound too stuffy or childish, and went with 'evil'. But apparently 'evil' has more dramatic connotations than I was aware of. This is what they call a learning moment, I guess.

That being said, I stand by my original statement that this was a completely wrong and borderline criminal thing to do.

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Sarkastique Hey, gorgeous from Baltimore Since: Dec, 2010
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#29: Apr 26th 2012 at 2:04:35 PM

Ah, where are you from, then?

In the opinion of this English speaker, by the way, the best term for something like what the OP's friend did is "dick move."

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MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan!
#30: Apr 26th 2012 at 2:17:18 PM

[up] 'Dick move' sounds more like friends or acquaintances being jerks to each other. This is far more serious.

Anyway, look at my location. I'd suppose people would know where Delft is (you know, Delftware, the View of Delft, etcetera)... It's in the Netherlands.

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carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
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#31: Apr 26th 2012 at 2:24:07 PM


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Talby Since: Jun, 2009
#32: Apr 26th 2012 at 11:01:34 PM

Hmm...

Seriously though, I'd try to convince your friend to turn the stuff into the police, but it's probably too late for that now.

Kid: I found a bunch of stuff in the woods. Here's some of it.

Cop: Where's the rest?

Kid: I, uh, burned it.

That probably wouldn't go over too well.

edited 26th Apr '12 11:02:28 PM by Talby

0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
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#33: Apr 26th 2012 at 11:08:23 PM

[up][up]I'd ask what kind of effed up family he comes from, but I'm not really one to judge and I suppose it's none of our business.

Just gonna cast my lot in with the others think what the kid did was really idiotic as well.

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InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#35: Apr 29th 2012 at 2:14:04 AM

[up] Signet rings, wedding rings in certain styles, pocketwatches and certain objects on chains.

I've never had anything like this happen to me because none of my friends are thieving scum. I suggest the OP edit his mental list of 'people I am friends with' until he can say the same.

edited 29th Apr '12 2:14:42 AM by InverurieJones

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LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#36: Apr 29th 2012 at 2:29:56 AM

Even besides the theft issue... seriously, somebody could have been murdered. A bag containing stuff like jewellery and papers could be important evidence that would lead the police to finding a body or catching the killer.

I don't suppose there's a way you could tell a policeman about it without revealing your friend's name? At least find out whether there are any crimes around that it could be evidence for.

Be not afraid...
0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
Just awesome like that
#37: Apr 29th 2012 at 5:00:02 AM

I'd say murder's the worst case scenario, but it's certainly within the realm of possibilities. It's most likely not, but anything's possible. Whatever it is had to have been bad.

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