"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:19:09 -0700, Mark Thorson >
> wrote:
>
>>sf wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 12:52:46 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> >Here, if there is waste in a can, at the curb, ready for pickup,
>>> >anyone can have what they want -- it's not stealing, once it's
>>> >discarded.
>>>
>>> As far as the recyclables (paper, cans, bottles) in my City, it *is*
>>> stealing because recycling helps keep the garbage bill down.
>>> Sometimes our rate is lowered for a month because they got enough
>>> recycling the month before to give us that break.
>>
>>That's what was claimed by the recyclers in Berkeley
>>when Eldridge Cleaver was arrested for "stealing" cans
>>left out for recycling, but a judge found him innocent.
>
> If they want to pay me $20 a month, they can rummage. Otherwise leave
> my garbage alone.
>
I don't understand this. Honestly.