One is vandalism, the other is arson, destruction of property, and probably a bunch of additional crimes.  They <i>should</i> be handled differently because they&#x27;re different crimes.<p>The point is that two people who vandalize should be treated equally even if one vandalizes a poor person&#x27;s house and the other vandalizes a rich person&#x27;s house.  The exact dollar amount of the vandalism shouldn&#x27;t matter because either way we&#x27;ve all agreed by way of the law that vandalism is <i>wrong</i>.