Antony Worrell Thompson, a well respected, quite famous, and seemingly nice man. I'm under the age of 20, yet i know who he is so he isn't someone for the older people. But anyway, he has just admitted to having a problem and his problem is, he shoplifts. The question is, can shoplifting ever be justified?
Mr Worrell Thompson, as i mention above, is quite famous, also meaning he has a fair bit of money under his belt. Well we can all assume right? He has however recently had to make people redundant and move from his mansion to a normal house. Still, a lot better of than others in this world.
My family lost their house, lost their business, and lost a few friends. We have never shoplifted. But what if the poorest of poor lose their house, their family, their business, their job, everything around them and you're just left with a mother/father and a baby. Does it become right to steal then? If a small child is wondering around without food, is it right for them to shoplift then?
I'm not so sure, and i'd quite like other peoples opinions on this. I'd like to think, that if i had no home and no-one to turn too, i could go to a shop, explain my situation and get a loaf of bread for my family. Or i could go to a town hall and be given some hospitality. As i would myself, give for others to be happy, or healthy. But i do not live in dream land, infact i am quite realistic and i understand that if everyone was like this, we would have some people take the mick! And pretend to not be able to afford food so they could get stuff for free.
At what point do we draw the line? Do we allow people to steal if its for their family who are so hungry yet unable to eat? Because this does happen you know, when i was younger we had to go round to friends to eat, and sometimes friends would have to come to us, because we couldn't afford food. You see we we're abandoned by a parent, so our single parent family, was left with nothing, all of a sudden. We managed to get through this alone, but thats not possible for everyone. Some people don't have the strength, intelligence or ethic to work to get what they need. While i agree that in most of these cases these people shouldn't have children, as they obviously can't look after themselves. But a lot of people, they have children at a perfect time for them, then someone royally messes them up and they are left stuck and alone.
As i mentioned earlier, im under 20, i don't have children as i'd like to wait until i am financially stable. But would i have the strength to support a family even through the worst of times? I guess i don't know, you never know until you are in that situation. I couldn't begin to imagination the strength it takes for mothers and/or fathers to raise their children. But honestly, if you are a mother or father, and you surround your children with a smile on your face everyday, then feel proud of yourself. Because no matter who you are, i aspire to be someone who can show their children that no matter what i am their rock.
Just like my mum has done for me.
Sending lots of love, strength and inspiration.
C x
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