Respect is sometimes to be able to steal someone without repercussion but not doing it for moral reasons, it's not because you could do it you'll have to do it.
And to argue as it's in public you can steal it, if applied to humans, could lead to dangerous mindsets...
I know it's different but it makes me think about people legitimizing sexual violence due to ###### reasons as : " she was alone with no man in the streets, she kind of wanted it to happen "...
No way you could be respected if you don't give respect. So if you're a thief and ####happens to you, don't expect any compassion

And with this kind of way of thinking, the day the person would get robbed, no one to tell it without being judged....