From non villages discussion the comments about a stolen Obama bumper sticker. Several folks made it into a joke, and it probably was meant to be one, but what made it non-palatable to me was the lack of a caveat that theft is wrong no matter how small it may seem to you from most of the jesters. In my opinion, I see the removal of the sticker as an assault on the mans right to express his personal political affiliation.

I found this very disturbing. I am just tying to put this is perspective. Personal property is just that even while on a public street. Why a person steals does not make it right. Imagine how may folks will read this post and think it is OK if the theft is considered funny, they will join in. This was most likely not a Halloween prank, but a theft of personal property. Lets have the pro-choice folks start removing Pro-life stickers. How about if the Darwin folks remove the Fish from our cart or car.

Now, if you have any sense of responsibility to do right, please don't make a joke out of crime. I just want to find out if anyone finds this small insignificant theft a crime or a joke. It should not matter what the dollar amount is. Would it be OK if the sticker was a 200 dollar sign attached to the bumper.

I challenge everyone to simply respond with:

1. Even something this small and inexpensive is not OK.
or
2. Its only a few dollars so its OK.