[b said:
Quote[/b] ]If it was a dog and the owner abused it, the ASPCA would GIVE THE owner another chance if the owner is willing to.
thats not true..at least not true in most cases.
My fiance and I volunteer at a local large animal shelter..we walk the dogs. so we hear about some of the big abuse cases..
a local farm found with 10 horses near starvation, some dead.
dozens of dogs and cats in the house, some dead, some so far gone they had to be euthinized..
ALL the animals were taken to this shelter and nursed back to health, and the owner does NOT get a second chance!
the owner gets a hefty fine or jail time!
yes, you can say "theft is theft" no matter what..and you can rationalize that this "VFT theft" is absolutely wrong because of the way you choose to rationalize it..
but I can also say "abuse is abuse" and the owner of the VFT, or horses, or beaten wives and children, whatever, does not DESERVE a second chance..
and I can feel perfecty fine with that decision.
If the police remove beaten children from abusive parents and put them in foster homes is that "theft" of the children from their rightfull owners??
of course not..
yes, im using an extreme analogy, but the VFT was nearly dead!
from abuse! so the analogy isnt really that far off..
so yeah, it can be rationalized both ways..
Nickz, if I were you I would just stop reading this thread.
let the "morally superior" (as they imagine themselves) go on and on all they like..
if you feel that what did was the right thing, then thats all that matters.
whoever left that plant doesent deserve a thing IMO..
the living plant is worth more than that persons feelings!
just make your stand, ignore this thread, and go enjoy you LIVING vft!
(sounds like you already did that anyway!
Scot