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| Topic | Pirating is not theft |
| Anteaterking 11/15/18 8:22:37 PM #31: | On_The_Edge posted... But identity theft is interesting. Doesn't that entail actual theft of objective physical property, though? No, I could steal your social security number in order to work a job. I don't have to actually take your money or anything like that. It's still identity theft. Also, I included the expressions just to show how implicitly we understand that theft is more than just one person taking physical property. As another example of a "well defined" thing (though not a crime in most places) we have "stealing valor". Obviously you're not taking any explicit thing from people, but the people who get upset about it would claim that you're devaluing the medals that people actually got. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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