Is Re-littering Littering?

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Author Message   argon_smythe Citizen Username: Argon_smythe Post Number: 745 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 9:21 pm:        Say someone is going past your house, sees something on the ground, picks it up, stands there and examines it for a while, I guess decides it's not worth anything, and drops it back down where it was on the ground and goes on their way. Have they just littered? Discuss.   Scrotis Lo Knows Citizen Username: Scrotisloknows Post Number: 549 Registered: 10-2005 Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 9:31 pm:        good question... I actually thought on similar lines while at Gleason's Cleaners this morning. On the way out of the place I came across a tennis ball in the parking lot I thought my young one would enjoy (I don't think he ever saw one yet) so I picked it up on the way to the car. On close examination, I found the ball had a slash in it. I was about to throw it back down when it occured to me I shouldn't-that I am now responsible for doing the right thing with it (keeping it or throwing it away....) So to answer your question, I think the person should of took responsibility of the item even after realzing he/she didn't want it... that is all I think about that...   ffof Citizen Username: Ffof Post Number: 4434 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 9:59 pm:        The other day I was with a friend and on our walk we stopped on the side of Wyoming to stare at a condom wrapper and right next to it was a pregnancy test empty package. We thought it curious, but did not pick up either. Was this the right thing to do? I mean, neither of us had rubber gloves.   anon Supporter Username: Anon Post Number: 2552 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 10:48 pm:        Deep philosophical questions!   Parkbench87 Citizen Username: Parkbench87 Post Number: 3426 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 10:57 pm:        If you find a half eaten hamburger in the street you are obligated to pick it up and give it to a starving person.