🇯🇵 Major crime in the news in Japan
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Conformist yes, but that doesn't mean everyone is paranoid. This guy didn't miss the trashcan - he admitted to stealing multiple times. The reaction sounds extreme, but I have to wonder how much is "ok" to steal for an authority figure and role-model of children?
He'll probably be allowed to make a comeback after some time has passed and further apologies, but he'll never get a big promotion/salary unless he moves somewhere where the locals didn't hear the news.
This is the correct take. Ruining someone’s career over exploiting for an extra $1 of coffee over the course of a period of time is no different than commie fucks hear trying to ruin your career because you didn’t supply money for a kid to get transitioned.
It’s a gross over correction
It doesn't matter how much you steal, it matters that you steal.
This is exactly what has led to the moral decline of the West. You think: well, it's just 50 cents, so I guess stealing isn't all that bad. When this sets in motion the slippery slope, the undefeated champion, up to the point that thefts of up to $950 are tolerated in California.
Churchill once asked a woman if she'd have sex with him for a million pounds. She said yes. Then he asked if she'd do it for 10 pounds. She said, why, do you think I'm a whore? And he said: Ma'am, we've already established what you are, now we're haggling over the price. And this is what you're doing. You have basically stated that it's OK to steal what you regard as small sums, and now you're haggling with California over how much it's OK to steal.
Stealing grapes: yes, people shouldn't be putting their disgusting paws on food to begin with. That's worse than stealing.
Jaywalking isn't a crime anywhere outside of America (that I'm aware of), so that's just uncommon silliness.
Is what happened to this guy draconian? Well, yeah. Was it undeserved? No. Having a functioning society has a price, and I'd rather that people like this pay the price than to have my city turned into Chicago.
No, I'm pretty much in agreement with you. I was more speaking in general about how to treat people in authority who do this. They went totally overboard in his particular case (especially taking away his pension), he did admit the theft and apologize, and I bet even most Japanese people would agree the reaction seems extreme. He hasn't "disgraced" himself. I'm sure he'll be able to get another job after some time passes. Maybe not as an administrator, if only because of the ageism there.
Chill out, I'm not the one who called the police. I only asked what people thought the appropriate punishment should be. Getting away with "just say sorry and pay back the $3.50" is too easy unless we're talking about a child.
I would not be surprised if like someone else here suggested the school only used this excuse to cover up some other hidden scandal... or maybe someone else on campus just hated him and wanted to take his job.