Who Ate All the Pies?
Who Ate All the Pies?
You skinny daughter of the Lord Mayor of Perth
You skinny daughter of the Lord Mayor of Perth
You Ate All the Pies!
So maybe that's not how the football chant goes but it is the truth. Former Miss Universe entrant for Australia and the daughter of the Lord Mayor of Perth, Edwina Joyce Nattrass was fined $300 by a magistrate and now has a criminal record for the crime of stealing 3 Meat Pies from an IGA Supermarket.
Isn't it funny how everyone in this country is so easily able to steer the fault in her direction and ignore what could be lots of other thefts in their own life. We seem to have this inbuilt knowledge that stealing is wrong, even for something minor.
If I steal a loaf of bread to feed my starving family, is that wrong?
Well obviously... YES. Theft is wrong. Besides, who in all likelyhood is actually going to steal bread to feed their starving family anyway? Even in the Third World* people know it's wrong. Theft is theft. Edwina the Lord Mayor of Perth's daughter said that she was was also starving when she stole the pies. Pies? Bread? What's the difference?
As further proof that crime doesn't pay Miss Nattrass was fined $300.00, $100.70 in court costs and lastly... you guessed it $11.70 for the pies.
Only in Oz eh?
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