Quote Originally Posted by madeline
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!
I'm a thief for picking flowers in the woods? Soory, I don't buy it.

Seriously, I see both sides of this fence clearly. And I would shit were it my plants. (it's why I grow in my closet) But again:

If you're silly enough to grow your buds in a public place where a passerby can find them, this passerby will snip ripe buds in a heartbeat. I can live with madeline calling me a thief for picking flowers in the woods. I'm sure lots of people here could live with that.

Private property is a different story. I won't jump a fence, or break into a glowing shed, or what have you.

Same thing when I go on my salvage runs the day before trash day. If it's in the alley, it's fair game. If it's in the yard, it's outta bounds.