Quote Originally Posted by Volker
I think I'm a nice guy. Reasonably honest, and not a thief by any means.

But I'll be honest. If I stumbled across plants like that while strolling in the woods (highly unlikely), I would snip & run. In a heartbeat. You betcha. Even though I'd know some poor farmer was gonna be heartbroken. It's a lesson well taught to that farmer:
If you're silly enough to grow buds where I can find them and simply snip & run, I'm silly enough to snag them!
Then you ARE a thief after all! There is no way you can excuse yourself for taking what does not belong to you and still say, "I think I'm a nice guy. Reasonably honest, and not a thief by any means". Face the truth...you are a thief! Trying to pass it off as you 'teaching some poor farmer a lesson' won't cut it either!