If your point is ‘stealing is to meet people’s needs’ then there is no point.
Unless you think anyone was proposing they did it to set it on fire instead?
Needs are also often defined arbitrarily, and many people steal because they ‘need’ more drugs, for example. So, who cares?
> Needs are also often defined arbitrarily
I thought they'd be defined as real needs like food, warmth, safety. That seems a reasonable assumption.
> then there is no point
No, there is a point. The commenter I initially replied to wrote
> This isn't a matter of meeting peoples needs
My point is that this statement seems to be false for the reasons that I've given.