re: Fair or Foul; Going Through Someone Else's Newspaper

When I live in Old Metairie, my wife and I started being roughly tucked in the bag. One weekend AM, I saw my neighbor two houses down come and take my paper. So I leash up my great dane and we knock on his door and ask for our paper back. Guy didn't seem to think he was doing anything wrong. Said he had been returning them! WTF? What makes someone think this is acceptable?