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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 1955580" data-attributes="member: 3400">I think one of the reasons there seems to be a lot of theft of RPG items at a variety of stores is&nbsp; because of the demographics involved. There are a lot of male adolescents who get into the hobby who haven't quite figured out where they sit on a variety of moral lines. Young males tend to be more risk-takers than older males or females and so may have fewer inhibitions about shoplifting the items. And you have the whole package wrapped up in natural teen rebellion and tendencies to act against the norms of conformist authority.I'm not saying that all male teen shoplift gaming stuff, but that there's a natural demographic less hostile to this sort of thing than the mainstream of consumers.As far as the Bible being the most regularly shoplifted, I think our society places a high priority on having some sort of spiritual rudder/guidance/crutch/whatever. I suspect many people feel a drive to own a Bible, whether they actually consult it/read it/level furniture with it/hide liquor in it/or not. And for people with limited money, it's a lot easier (though quite a bit more ironic) to pick up the moral compass that is the Bible without paying for it from a major book chain. There's also always a market for the Bible so that if people aren't going to peruse it themselves, they can probably sell it for a few bucks pretty easily.Personally, I don't peruse the Bible though we have more than one around the house (my wife was a religious studies major in college). But if I wanted one, I'd nick one from a hotel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 1955580, member: 3400"] I think one of the reasons there seems to be a lot of theft of RPG items at a variety of stores is because of the demographics involved. There are a lot of male adolescents who get into the hobby who haven't quite figured out where they sit on a variety of moral lines. Young males tend to be more risk-takers than older males or females and so may have fewer inhibitions about shoplifting the items. And you have the whole package wrapped up in natural teen rebellion and tendencies to act against the norms of conformist authority. I'm not saying that all male teen shoplift gaming stuff, but that there's a natural demographic less hostile to this sort of thing than the mainstream of consumers. As far as the Bible being the most regularly shoplifted, I think our society places a high priority on having some sort of spiritual rudder/guidance/crutch/whatever. I suspect many people feel a drive to own a Bible, whether they actually consult it/read it/level furniture with it/hide liquor in it/or not. And for people with limited money, it's a lot easier (though quite a bit more ironic) to pick up the moral compass that is the Bible without paying for it from a major book chain. There's also always a market for the Bible so that if people aren't going to peruse it themselves, they can probably sell it for a few bucks pretty easily. Personally, I don't peruse the Bible though we have more than one around the house (my wife was a religious studies major in college). But if I wanted one, I'd nick one from a hotel. [/QUOTE]

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