(A man with no shame. This is an actual picture of a man searching for coins.)It turns out that in NYC it is perfectly legal to go coin hunting in the local fountains. One would assume that it would at least be frowned upon, but according to an NYPD spokesperson this form of thievery is perfectly legal. I can imagine little children wading into the water not knowing any better and innocently scooping up the shiny coins in the water, or a homeless person taking a quick bath and scooping up some lose change at the same time, but in any other instance to do such a thing means you have no soul. These are no mere coins, these are dreams and wishes. The only people who have the right to take them back are those that cast the wishes, and they may only take their own. Even young Mikey Walsh knew this in The Goonies. He would not steal other peoples wishes from the wishing well, and nor should anyone else.
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