I was so flabbergasted by New York state Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher’s recent statement that crime, based on “biological need,” should not be punished, that I overlooked a similarly preposterous — if more humorous — part of her statement. Whereas Gallagher did say that the “true crime is that there is such incredible wealth disparity in this city that there are people who can be thrown in jail simply for having a biological need,” she did not stop there.
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She called these thefts “crimes of poverty” and also stated: “People who were stealing things like toothpaste, people who were stealing things like, you know, soap. And that means if you’re stealing those things, you need them.”
If you steal things, that means you need them?
Yes, I think we all have watched countless videos of thieves breaking into a store and heading right for the personal hygiene aisle. Who among us hasn’t seen youthful thugs the poverty-stricken deliberately bypass high-end electronics, footwear, and apparel to clean, say, a Target store out of Irish Spring and Ivory?
I challenge anyone to claim they haven’t observed a flash-grab mob break into a shoe or jewelry outlet and head directly to the Dove, Caress, and Zest bars, biological needs running rampant.
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And, for God’s sake, lock up the Dial soap before it’s too late!
In truth, something that is in ever shorter supply, it appears that most of the low-life criminals I see robbing and looting stores have never encountered — let alone employed — a bar of soap, stolen or otherwise. Ditto for toothpaste. If these items are stolen at all, and they are, they turn up next at the illegal sidewalk vending tables or at the local fence rackets.
Oh, and if they really want it, New York’s welfare programs already cover it for them for free. Who steals what’s free?
Assemblywoman Gallagher — and those like her — should steal some reason. The ability to perceive reality is a biological need, is it not?
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