On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:48:56 -0700, sf wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:33:39 -0400, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:10:55 -0700, sf wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:15:56 -0400, "cybercat" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"sf" > wrote in message
m...
>>>>> On Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:24:44 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>In an earlier post in the thread about homeless people rummaging
>>>>>>in recycling bins set out for collection, there was an interesting
>>>>>>article in the "New York Times" this morning entitled, "Is It Now A
>>>>>>Crime To Be Poor?"
>>>>>
>>>>> It is if they are stealing. I have a contract with the garbage
>>>>> company not with them.
>>>>>
>>>>I really don't understand this. What harm are they doing you?
>>>>
>>> I already said it up thread. Our garbage bill is reduced however
>>> slightly the following month if the garbage company gets enough
>>> recycling that actually makes them money... which is the same
>>> recycling they steal.
>>
>>so what...you get a buck or two off? sure you can spare it?
>>
> So, stealing at the grocery store isn't ok but stealing elsewhere is
> just fine. I see.

items in the grocery store haven't already been discarded. root through
their dumpsters all you want.

your pal,
blake