"He took it and its not like it hurt anybody." Are you 100% certain that the ball boys don't have to pay for balls that come up missing? If not, then you can't say nobody got hurt.

"what if u stole some bread for ur poor starving family, ur telling me that it's not ok then b/c u just stated that stealing is never right (not even if it's the olny way to survive)" Exactly. It's never ok to steal. If you're in a bad enough situation, there are food shelters in most every city. If your city doesn't have one, go to one that does. Your talking about sustaining life and food shelters will help you do that, so there's no need to steal.

"[Stealing] may not be right but it's something that people just have a tendancy to do." Sorry, but only thiefs have this tendancy.

"But my bro said that places dont hire u if u dont have a phone #" There's this great new invention called a pay phone. They all have their own number. You put the pay phone number down on the application and you camp out until you get the call. Better yet, don't wait for the potential employer to call you, call them first. Then again, maybe it's that lack of initiative that's the problem in the first place.

"Ok azn u said that everybody has an equal chance and all that bs but what if ur born on the streets with a mental or physical illness," Well, you just described my aunt (mental) and my uncle (physical). They don't live in a posh house, but they get by on the little money and food they get from the government. But you know what, they're not thiefs. They wouldn't even think about it. Not even if they were starving. That's just the kind of people they are. They have too much pride in themselves and their family.

"bill gates who skeamed his way to the top" Schemed his way to the top or earned his way to the top? Gates took an idea and built upon it. He head's up one of the most recognizable companies around. Oh yeah, he also gives millions upon millions of dollars to inner-city programs to help under-priveledged children. A real bastard, eh?

YOUNGBUCK, "but what if that person is bill gates?" So what? If I rationalize that stealing from the rich is ok, then it just shows that underneath everything, I'm nothing but a thief. That's what's wrong with a lot of people in that they think that just because someone has more money than them then it's ok to steal from them. It's not. I give the $100 bill back no matter who it is. Besides, with the way Bill Gates gives to charity, he may just take the $100 back and give me $1000 for being honest.

"when I stole that basketball I didn't hurt anyone." You hurt a lot of people. Just like the people who shoplift stuff from stores and cause the price of goods to go up, you've cut the bottom line of the owner and owners will easily put that burden back on the fans rather than face it themselves. Besides, as I pointed out before, are you 100% sure that the ball boys aren't responsible for lost balls?

booth, "i cant possibly understand how the many intelligent ppl at this site dont see that stealing from the white man is ok" Ever think that some of us are that white man and don't understand why some people use race as an excuse for their actions?

"And plus he skeamed and stole his way to get there. Yeah a real class act." I won't even get into this one because I've gone around and around on this one with many a person. The fact is that Bill Gates provided an OS (no matter how good or bad) to the public that the public accepted. If all of his success was scheming and stealing, then Steve Jobs would be just as rich and Macs would be just as popular as PC's because it would all be the same stuff, right? Wrong, it's what Gates did differently that set him apart (again, whether good or bad in terms of quality of product).

"You actually think that bums can go to a food shelters but do u think that they would feed you enough and do you think that they would feed u for morning lunch and dinner every single day I dont think so" You're right, you can't because they actually expect you to try and find other sources or to attempt to find work. Geez, what a concept.

Pops, "3 years later I now pay 5x the parking in downtown houston, I've recieved 3 parking tickets just this past season attempting to find witty places to park, and I pay more taxes to the city of Houston to fund the Houston Sport Authorities financial obligation to Enron Field." Hey, do you hear that sound? It's the world's smallest violin and it's playing you a tune. Nobody forces you to live in Houston and nobody forces you to park downtown. Please tell me who forces you to do these things? I'm sure Houston isn't the only place in this world that you can find a job doing your line of work, is it? And if it's not, then you have no complaint becuase you choose to live in Houston and you choose to park downtown.

Rafi, "ok then steal from Gates and take his money and give it to underpriviledged kids and other charities" Well, then you should be advocating for YOUNGBUCK to donate his ball to charity since you're such a generous guy. I'm sure you would take that $100 from Gates and walk right down to the local food shelter or Red Cross or other charity and donate it, right? (yeah, right!)

I never judged you. I simply took what you said and turned it around to you and said, "If you don't like it, then move." If you do like it (or at least don't mind it), then why complain, or come across as complaining?

Further, I do understand that what you did was without a rational thought process which is why I didn't question that. The only thing I questioned was your words about the city you choose to live it. I fully understand crimes of passion and while I don't think stealing, or any other crime, in the midst of non-rational thinking is right, it's certainly more understandable than doing so with premeditated thought, which is what YOUNGBUCK did, as you also pointed out.