Obviously only from those who have excess. If you’re Christian, this is literally in the Bible. If you aren’t, it’s obviously just the right thing to do, for those with excess to give to the needy, willingly or not.
If something is a profitable (and for-profit) food-selling organization, I’d say they have an excess. Which would almost automatically include any grocery chain. Which doesn’t make them all evil, of course, nor does it necessarily imply they have huge profits or great excess.
Maybe start with the millions of pounds of food the UK throws out every year? Getting mad about food that was never going to be in your empty stomach is wild to me. Says a lot about your morals.
This. When I lived in housing cooperatives in college 20 years ago we would lie in wait at various places (Trader Joes, Whole Foods, Einstein Bros., Roma Pizza, etc.) and grab ridiculous amounts of good food they would throw away at closing time. We actually got enough perfectly fine food that way that we were able to completely subsizide all of the food costs of the single parents and poor members of our community. I don’t think folks can even do this anymore as now places have locked dumpsters or even keep the entire dumpster enclosed in the building itself.
But I suppose, your point is different from the OC:, you are suggesting to steal food based on moral views.
Which is problematic, as morality indeed is subjective.
Personally, I struggle to conjure a moral ground to steal food if I know where the food banks are. Or if said food is of a treat / luxury category.
Are you allowed to steal food from anyone or only from certain categories of people / organisations?
Obviously only from those who have excess. If you’re Christian, this is literally in the Bible. If you aren’t, it’s obviously just the right thing to do, for those with excess to give to the needy, willingly or not.
How to determine if that person or organisation has an excess?
First, you see if they have enough free time to be sea-lioning.
That’s not the case.
Dude made a pretty radical assertion. And I want to see, how it all works in their eyes.
If something is a profitable (and for-profit) food-selling organization, I’d say they have an excess. Which would almost automatically include any grocery chain. Which doesn’t make them all evil, of course, nor does it necessarily imply they have huge profits or great excess.
Finally a proper answer. Thank you.
Maybe start with the millions of pounds of food the UK throws out every year? Getting mad about food that was never going to be in your empty stomach is wild to me. Says a lot about your morals.
Capitalism is, indeed, a plague. And I don’t see any viable cure for it in the observable future.
This. When I lived in housing cooperatives in college 20 years ago we would lie in wait at various places (Trader Joes, Whole Foods, Einstein Bros., Roma Pizza, etc.) and grab ridiculous amounts of good food they would throw away at closing time. We actually got enough perfectly fine food that way that we were able to completely subsizide all of the food costs of the single parents and poor members of our community. I don’t think folks can even do this anymore as now places have locked dumpsters or even keep the entire dumpster enclosed in the building itself.
That’s up to you. We aren’t writing laws here. Morality is subjective.
Excess isn’t a moral term.
But I suppose, your point is different from the OC:, you are suggesting to steal food based on moral views.
Which is problematic, as morality indeed is subjective.
Personally, I struggle to conjure a moral ground to steal food if I know where the food banks are. Or if said food is of a treat / luxury category.