Lying awake in fear
What should you do when you hear a burglar in the house? Even if you just think you do? Whistle a happy tune? Or are you more like me, and you’d rather obsess over law enforcement charges, and how to get him arrested and put in jail?!
Okay, I guess this cartoon is more for people who DON’T know legal definitions! Legal terms ordinary people get confused about (meaning me): libel, slander & defamation. I have been known to lie awake thinking on these.
Robbery vs burglary?
But on this night, the mental jostlings are: should I confront the intruder, or deny, deny, deny? Should I define as robbery or burglary?. From the helpful Nolo law series:
Burglary involves a person illegally entering a building in order to commit a crime while inside; robbery is generally when someone takes something of value directly from another person by the use of force or fear.
This is a burglary. If there is an intruder, he’s a burglar!
Actually, because the man in the cartoon is obsessing, maybe I should post this cartoon in my Psychology Today blog under the topic heading… anxiety? …Misdirection?
This drawing is A-OK.
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ID #n542a Caption: Is it burglary or robbery? (man lies sleepless in bed as he hears noises in the house)
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Author, 2 hardcopy books, Barnes & Noble Calendar.
- Emma in the Night ~ Wendy Walker ~ Thriller - May 11, 2023
- Still Alice (2014) ~ Psychology Movie Review ~ Julianne Moore - January 25, 2023
- The Other Emily ~ Dean Koontz - January 23, 2023
