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> Essentially it is the same.

This is a very subjective statement.

[masondixon]

What is the difference? One guy got to walk down a corridor and sat down in his seat. The other guy didn't. It is the same.

[DanBC]

That's not how law works, is it?

One woman forgot to pay and walked out the store with an item; another women chose not to pay and walked out the store with an item. In England the second has committed theft, the first hasn't. What's the difference?