Geoffrey Settle Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 A Vicar from York is preaching a message of compassion saying that when you have no other way, can?t get help or assistance then stealing a can of ravioli for 80p from a major supermarket maybe the only option you have left. Shame on us! as he says, especially given the amount we spend at this time of the year - should be looking at ourselves and seeing how we can help and not passing judgement on those who have nothing. Is this a message of compassion or is it a crime? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Crime. I thought one of the Ten Commandments is, you shall not steal.....mind you the other nine have gone by the way....especially the one about not covet your neighbour's ox or donkey. PS Just wondering if the police will charge him with incitement to commit a crime, maybe in his defence he will cite guidance by a greater power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Crime. and yes the vicar should be charged with incitement. Stealing is stealing regardless of the victim. Mind you, most shoplifters don't even get the tap on the wrist anymore (as that would probably be assault in this loony left world we live in) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 No need to steal, just go in the bins at the back of the store, and re-cycle the food waste. Your mistaking political policy with social culture again Baz; this PC nonesense has been developing since the 60s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Yes it is a crime, BUT the bigger crime is not sorting out the reason why they do it. For years I have been saying that the church is not giving moral guidance. If this is an example, it's a good job they don't. One should practise what one preaches. I hope that he is inviting the miscreant to Christmas Dinner AND give him a turkey leg to take home. I suppose he also condones the beggars who do it to make a tidy penny whilst living a life of relative luxury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 They are the epi-centre of PC culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 Did he suggest his congregation should commit the crime, or was he suggesting that they should take a moment to see the big picture instead of sitting on their well-fed bums passing judgement on people who are desperate? See, one is some self-important gob on legs trying to get attention by being controversial and the other is a man of God doing his job..... I have no issue with the former being locked up, but the latter should be patted on the back if even one member of his Church dropped a quid in a cup on the way home so someone else could BUY their ravioli that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 So LP, it is a good thing to give the wrong message to those likely to offend????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 Not sure, God's representative suggested that it was OK for me to do it, is a defence that will hold much sway in Court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 Could be the good preacher believes in the 11th commandment "Thou shalt not get caught". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 So LP, it is a good thing to give the wrong message to those likely to offend????? What wrong message? I asked whether he was telling his flock to shoplift or saying to his flock that perhaps those who shoplifted were in genuine need and should be helped rather than condemned. I was quite clear that telling people to thieve was not the function of a vicar and he was a stupid man who should be locked up if that's what he did. Where is the wrong message in that? I said that if he was making the point to his congregation that sometimes people who shoplift have no alternative, then he was encouraging charity and compassion, not theft, and again, where's the wrong message in that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 So LP, it is a good thing to give the wrong message to those likely to offend????? What wrong message? I asked whether he was telling his flock to shoplift or saying to his flock that perhaps those who shoplifted were in genuine need and should be helped rather than condemned. I was quite clear that telling people to thieve was not the function of a vicar and he was a stupid man who should be locked up if that's what he did. Where is the wrong message in that? I said that if he was making the point to his congregation that sometimes people who shoplift have no alternative, then he was encouraging charity and compassion, not theft, and again, where's the wrong message in that? Isn't that sitting on the fence? I understand that most shoplifting is done to obtain goods to sell to purchase drugs. If that is true, the sermon was pointless as the message was incorrect. People will speculate when the message is not clear. Perhaps the vicar wishes to be the next Lord Longford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 If we live in a Country where folk are so poor they have to steal, it would seem these God botherers should be acting politically to change it - rather than excusing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 If we live in a Country where folk are so poor they have to steal, it would seem these God botherers should be acting politically to change it - rather than excusing it. but we don't do we? we don't have real poverty in this country despite what some people would have you believe.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 So LP, it is a good thing to give the wrong message to those likely to offend????? What wrong message? I asked whether he was telling his flock to shoplift or saying to his flock that perhaps those who shoplifted were in genuine need and should be helped rather than condemned. I was quite clear that telling people to thieve was not the function of a vicar and he was a stupid man who should be locked up if that's what he did. Where is the wrong message in that? I said that if he was making the point to his congregation that sometimes people who shoplift have no alternative, then he was encouraging charity and compassion, not theft, and again, where's the wrong message in that? Isn't that sitting on the fence? I understand that most shoplifting is done to obtain goods to sell to purchase drugs. If that is true, the sermon was pointless as the message was incorrect. People will speculate when the message is not clear. Perhaps the vicar wishes to be the next Lord Longford. I didn't hear what he actually said. I think that's quite an important factor in forming an opinion - clearly you don't agree. If he told his congregation it was OK for them to go and nick stuff, clearly he's wrong. If he was trying to make them more sensitive to the struggle some people have to survive, then he was doing his job. I'm not sitting on the fence, that is my opinion at the moment. When I know what he actually said, then I can pin down whether he was right or wrong. More interesting is why you're taking issue with me when you don't seem to know what he said either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 LP. Something to do with you defending the statement. You seem to be the main defender of the poor being given the ok to steal. Or there again, I could just be pulling your strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Actually Baz, I don't think we're qualified to say "we don't do we"; and I used the term "if". However, for many reasons. some self inflicted, some inflicted by others or by circumstance; I think you'll find that there are many folk sleeping rough this Xmas, quite a few being ex-servicemen - such is the absence of care and community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Actually Baz, I don't think we're qualified to say "we don't do we"; and I used the term "if". However, for many reasons. some self inflicted, some inflicted by others or by circumstance; I think you'll find that there are many folk sleeping rough this Xmas, quite a few being ex-servicemen - such is the absence of care and community. perfectly tue Obs; there are many people sleeping rough, but many of them do so by choice rather than need. If the benefits system in this country can give enough housing benefit to a single somalian woman and her bastard offspring to live in a Chelsea mansion but not enough to get an ex-serviceman off the streets, then the system really is screwed up, racist and biased towards foreigners in a way that would be prosecuted in the private sector. If it is true, then something really does need to be sorted out and it is little wonder the BNP are so popular Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Can't argue with that, perhaps we should start complaining through one of our MEPs?! After all, this HR nonesense originates with the EU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Believe someone has poured a bucket of ravioli over this Vicar's head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 A stolen moment, an offering from the Community or a spaghetti western? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 A sort of "Italian Job"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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