[photo-3d] Re: Give Grant back his RBT!

[mramstad@xxxxxxxxxx]

Grant,

I wouldn't treat the guy like a customer or you will
slowly erode your moral claim to your camera.  My guess
is that this guy is basing his morality on what the police
told him, in other words ignorance.  If the police had
said he had to give it back, he probably would have done
it (and not gone to court himself to try to keep it.)
If the courts tell him he has to give it back, I'm sure
he would do it and not feel like he was cheated. (He will
realize that justice prevailed.)

I don't think the guy is evil any more than a child who
says "Finders keepers .." is evil.  Once an adult is
made aware of the situation, the child learns by being 
told to return the object.

Good luck!

Dr. Monte Ramstad

--- In photo-3d@xxxx, gccampos@xxxx wrote:

> I talked with Dan Costea, and he wants to use the camera, so I 
offered 
> to help him.  As a follower of Jesus, I'm compelled to respond to 
evil 
> with good - I'm not talking about being a doormat.  Perhaps my 
> gentleness will be more persuasive than my appeal to his morals, 
> which initially fell on deaf ears.  I am looking into small claims 
> court and/or civil court just in case I need to go that route.
> 
> Thanks again for your offers of donations.  It still would be an 
> injustice though, proving to him that imorality pays.  I value his 
> moral education more than my camera.  I want to give him a chance to 
> do the right thing for the right reasons.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Grant


 

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