If you ate an apple would you still possess it?

by MkB Posted 2012/05/31 14:32:23

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I heard a legal argument recently. My question is not that argument. Trust me on that.

Say that, holding an apple in your hand would be possession of the apple. If you ate the apple, would you still possess it?

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Jorge Enriquez 2012/06/30 14:50:59

Yes.

until u just u know....toilet...but u can keeep the u know...and its ur possession still

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scbluesman13 2012/06/01 22:37:27

Not sure.

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You wouldn't possess it in its "apple-like" form. Once you chew & digest a piece of food, you're mixing your saliva and other digestive chemicals with it, thereby changing its objective properties. Now obviously I don't go through a regular day thinking this way, but this is the kind of argument I would make from a legal standpoint.

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MkB to scblues... 2012/06/11 17:45:12

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Me too.

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Steve 2012/06/01 04:44:56

Yes.

In my gut, I'd still possess it.

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Ira 2012/05/31 20:01:37

No.

It would then be considered consumed and not in your possession.

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wildcat 2012/05/31 19:14:19

No.

No, once you chew the apple it become apple sauce. The apple is no longer an apple but the chemical components of that apple.

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Moonage 2012/05/31 19:06:25

No.

You never did possess it in the first place. It hung out with you for a short while and then you flushed it.

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Dagon 2012/05/31 17:38:45
ProudProgressive 2012/05/31 17:23:01

No.

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I'd have to say no, since once you eat the apple it's no longer an apple. The components that made up the apple are in your system, but even if you were able to extract every molecule that came from the apple and put them together, you would not be able to recreate the original apple.

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RED DAWN 2012/05/31 17:07:02

Yes.

Yes until tomorrow.

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Willski 2012/05/31 17:03:12

Yes.

yup. i think so.

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AmericanVirus 2012/05/31 16:44:22

No.

The apple in question is no longer an apple, it's breaking down becoming a part (in parts) of your body.
It is not in your possession anymore, it has become a part of you.
Your body and your possessions are two different things.

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Jack's Pearl 2012/05/31 16:39:25

Yes.

For ever. You have the nutrientance from that particular apple and therefore always possess it. No one else can at that point. :)

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jimih67 2012/05/31 15:51:54

Yes.

On the one hand, you could argue that since it is no longer an apple (it is now apple pulp) you aren't in posession of an apple. However, if you swallowed packets of drugs to hide them from the police, and they found them, you would be charged with posession. However in that case the drugs did not take a different form, so I guess I should have said "no" to the apple question.

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Joe61 2012/05/31 15:37:34

Yes.

Yes, you would still retain the core so in essence yes you would still technically have the apple. Maybe!

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Talmadge Monroe 2012/05/31 15:29:07

No.

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Once the apple is eaten, it ceases to be an apple.

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Pat 2012/05/31 15:23:50

Yes.

I would say yes. It's just inside you instead of outside of your body. Until it passes through as all food does, you possess it.

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Flowers 2012/05/31 15:04:04

Yes.

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Because no one else would be able to possess it instead. But, I feel that is just our perception of the things around us. In reality, everything from the earth and on the earth is possessed by the earth. At some point, EVERYTHING goes back into the cycle.

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PDenoli to Flowers 2012/05/31 15:16:20

+1
So I can have my cake and eat it too!

Temporarily, that is. :)

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PDenoli 2012/05/31 14:57:43

Yes.

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For a few hours, I presume. Is there a deeper point to this? Your reason for asking the question is far more interesting than the question itself.

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Reichstolz 2012/05/31 14:43:26

Yes.

Until the item has left you digestive tract you are still in possession. When a person swallows a condom filled with cocaine they get a drug possession charge.

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