'Hypnotist' thief hunted in Italy

Subject: 'Hypnotist' thief hunted in Italy Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:43 pm

Police in Italy have issued footage of a man who is suspected of hypnotising supermarket checkout staff to hand over money from their cash registers.

In every case, the last thing staff reportedly remember is the thief leaning over and saying: "Look into my eyes", before finding the till empty.

In the latest incident captured on CCTV, he targeted a bank at Ancona in northern Italy, then calmly walked out.

A female bank clerk reportedly handed over nearly 800 euros (£630).

The cashier who was shown the video footage has no memory of the incident, according to Italian media, and only realised what had happened when she saw the money missing.

CCTV from the bank showed her apparently being hypnotised by the man, according to the reports.

Italian police believe the suspect could be of Indian or North African extraction.

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:shock: Look into my eyes :shock:

Subject: Re: 'Hypnotist' thief hunted in Italy Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:37 pm

Awesome!

Subject: Re: 'Hypnotist' thief hunted in Italy Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:53 am

Looks like Rand got it wrong:

"Man's rights can be violated only by the use of physical force. It is only by means of physical force that one man can deprive another of his life, or enslave him, or rob him, or prevent him from pursuing his own goals, or compel him to act against his own rational judgment." "The Nature of Government," The Virtue of Selfishness, 108.

Nya, nya, nya... :P

Subject: Re: 'Hypnotist' thief hunted in Italy Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:11 am

Wait a second...

It's not just direct force (as she elaborates elsewhere) but its two colloraries: fraud and coercion.

The end result is the same, so those two variables must be covered also.

'Hypnotist' thief hunted in Italy

'Hypnotist' thief hunted in Italy

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