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    He's stealing from the school, so unless it's a Private School, he's actually stealing from the citizens of that community.

    ETA: I'm sure he'd raise holy hell if you pulled up to his house, and plugged in without asking permission.
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    Seems a little much for what happened but theft IS theft. However, a simple "This is your warning. If we catch you doing it again, you'll be cited/arrested." seems a bit more appropriate given the situation. Ever plugged your phone/comp/etc in at the airport as you wait for your flight? Ever use someone else's unprotected WiFi?

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    Quote Originally Posted by merl View Post
    ok, lets arrest you & throw you in jail (not just a summons) for a drink of water, what is that 0.01c of water?
    Drink of water from where?

    ETA: I missed rbeau's post about the fountain, sorry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave_L View Post
    Seems a little much for what happened but theft IS theft. However, a simple "This is your warning. If we catch you doing it again, you'll be cited/arrested." seems a bit more appropriate given the situation. Ever plugged your phone/comp/etc in at the airport as you wait for your flight? Ever use someone else's unprotected WiFi?
    ^This. What the guy was doing is wrong, but an arrest seems a bit much.

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    I think this part sum it up: " "He broke the law. He stole something that wasn't his."

    The size of the theft is irrelevant, if you take something without asking first you are stealing....

    That been said, I think that a warning would have been enough, not community service.... The guy is probably glad he did not do the same thing in TX, where he would have received the death penalty for the same crime.



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    On second thought, with the apparent overtaking of our school systems by the Libtard masses, I'm surprised they didn't gve him a gold star, instead. You know, just for participating...

    He must have had an NRA sticker on his bumper...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave_L View Post
    Seems a little much for what happened but theft IS theft. However, a simple "This is your warning. If we catch you doing it again, you'll be cited/arrested." seems a bit more appropriate given the situation. Ever plugged your phone/comp/etc in at the airport as you wait for your flight? Ever use someone else's unprotected WiFi?
    That may have happened, we don't know. The staff at the school may have asked him unplug the vehicle and he may have said no so they called the cops. Plugging in a device at an airport or coffee shop is not even remotely the same, they are providing a service.

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    Quote Originally Posted by newracer View Post
    That may have happened, we don't know. The staff at the school may have asked him unplug the vehicle and he may have said no so they called the cops.
    Now we move to "hypotheticals" and "what ifs".

    Based on the story as presented, the above is just speculation.

    Quote Originally Posted by newracer View Post
    Plugging in a device at an airport or coffee shop is not even remotely the same, they are providing a service.
    The service is selling coffee and maybe offering free WiFi.

    The service is not tapping into their WiFi without the knowledge or plugging in a device to recharge it .
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    So was this an outside outlet?
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    Quote Originally Posted by james_bond_007 View Post
    Now we move to "hypotheticals" and "what ifs".

    Based on the story as presented, the above is just speculation.


    The service is selling coffee and maybe offering free WiFi.

    The service is not tapping into their WiFi without the knowledge or plugging in a device to recharge it .
    Then why do they so often have 2-plex, or even 4-plex outlets at the tables (or on all 4 sides of the post that the "table" is built around)?
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