Being desperate to feed your family is one example. In that example shoplifting food would seem to be the most likely solution. I can think of plenty of others in which shoplifting a bit of food isn't going to help at all. Perhaps somebody who is desperate to pay their rent or mortgage to avoid their family being made homeless. Or any other situation which leaves this "decent normal person" with the choice of stealing or seeing their families go without the basic necessities of life.
I think it's perfectly possible that this man desperately needed money for something and he felt he had no options but to steal. Copper is valuable, he could steal it without having to burgle somebody's home or shop (and so wouldn't have to live with the knowledge of having violated an individual's private space), and could do so at night to avoid any confrontations in which somebody got injured. I'm theorising, and I may be wrong. But assuming this man wasn't "decent and normal" (whatever that means) is also theorising and is also quite possibly wrong.
You started your last post with a very clear statement:
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Originally Posted by budwieser
Decent normal people do always do the right thing and work for what they want rather than steal what someone else has worked hard for.
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And immediately followed it up with a very good counter-argument to your own opinion:
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Originally Posted by budwieser
If you`re that desperate to feed your family, you`ll possibly attempt to shoplift some food, not copper cable. Wake up and open your eyes.
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I'd suggest it's you that needs to wake up and open your eyes.