German police are investigating a €0.15 water butt theft – and I fear they’re on the right side of history
The article discusses a criminal investigation into the theft of a small amount of water in Germany. A 51-year-old woman in the town of Spaichingen is suspected of siphoning water worth €0.15 from her neighbor's water butt. The police have reportedly declared that once the water is in the barrel, it no longer belongs to the heavens. The article suggests that the woman's actions might be motivated by a sense of extreme frugality, which is common among Swabian housewives. The author questions whether the police are overreacting to a "nano-crime" and wonders if the real "weirdos" are those who waste resources. The article presents the investigation as a "silly season story" that highlights the contrasting attitudes towards resource conservation in a world of dwindling resources.
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