A priest talks sense this time

[longrunsthefox]

Shoplift advice sermon priest criticised

Father Jones said some people had little option but to turn to crime
A priest who advised needy people to shoplift in certain circumstances has been criticised by a retailers' group.
Father Tim Jones, parish priest of St Lawrence and St Hilda in York, said stealing was a "better moral thing to do" than robbery or prostitution.
However, Richard Dobbs, of the British Retail Consortium, said shoplifting was "simply wrong".
Father Jones has defended his remarks and said such action was "dreadful" but sometimes people's only option.
The priest's comments were made in a sermon to his congregation on Sunday where he said stealing from large national chains was sometimes the best option for many vulnerable people.
He said: "My advice, as a Christian priest, is to shoplift.
"I do not offer such advice because I think that stealing is a good thing, or because I think it is harmless, for it is neither.
"I would ask that they do not steal from small, family businesses, but from national businesses, knowing that the costs are ultimately passed on to the rest of us in the form of higher prices."

I think there is still an old law that a person can steal bread if they are  hungry and have no money.

[Celt_Man]

Yea agree with him, he is not advising it as a means of income but as a means of survival...

[Gnevin]

À la carte catholic or maybe he's only ever read the 10 you really shouldn't do that's   

[haranguerer]

oh ffs - how is this priest talking sense?

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

oh ffs - how is this priest talking sense?

Well the fox does think it's cool to steal cash machines. 

[longrunsthefox]

oh ffs - how is this priest talking sense?

Well the fox does think it's cool to steal cash machines. 

Nice one centurian

[Tubberman]

What a load of bull! A convenient excuse for people to steal.....

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[Celt_Man]

What a load of bull! A convenient excuse for people to steal.....

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What a show!!

[tyrone girl]

I need new ghds - wonder could i go in and lift a pair. Would it stand up in Court in my defence that it was my only means of combatting fuzzy hair and had no money to buy any - well the priest says so

[Doogie Browser]

Yeah a real life Hood all right 

[longrunsthefox]

I need new ghds - wonder could i go in and lift a pair. Would it stand up in Court in my defence that it was my only means of combatting fuzzy hair and had no money to buy any - well the priest says so

Forfoxache... that is  a luxury item.
Read what he said again including how shoplifting is 'dreadful but sometimes peoples only option.' 
Obviously none of you seen really hard times. Would you steal for your children or if you were hungry and had no money...   

[tyrone girl]

Yep i would -if i hadnt a penny and my children needed food yep id steal it 

and ghds arent luxury if u seen my hair without them 

[Main Street]

Nah i wouldn't eat them but if the price was right I'd sell them.

[longrunsthefox]

Yep i would -if i hadnt a penny and my children needed food yep id steal it 

and ghds arent luxury if u seen my hair without them 

Why? what do you look like? 

[tyrone girl]

  U see me often enough yet u dont even know it