Finders Keepers?

I am in the middle of reading an article about a person who lost a cell phone that had extreme value to them for reasons other than the price tag. We've all lost things that were important: house keys, a few loose dollar bills, maybe even our own cell phones. The person in this case, however, had the misfortune of knowing who took the phone and where it was located along with having to listen to the insulting refusals to return the phone to its rightful owner.

Personally, I'd return the phone. It's not mine, I didn't pay for it, and the individual who did has asked me nicely to return it to them. If I return the phone I will restore sanity and order to someone else's life and will break even sense it wasn't mine to begin with. Unfortunately, I have my doubts as to how the rest of society would handle the same situation. Reality TV shows, along with all of our favorite video game and movie titles only encourage us to take as much as we can and run as far away with it as possible.

In this day, I truly believe that finders tend be keepers, and losers are left with nothing to do but weep.