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You could prefix any statement with "it's just a" and it wouldn't change things. Just because you don't care it doesn't mean it's a/ any less of a crime

You could prefix any statement with "it's just a" and it wouldn't change things. Just because you don't care it doesn't mean it's a/ any less of a crime b/ any less important to the victim I mean where would you draw the line? It's just car (after someone steals a car) because you happen to take the train to work? Or "it's just a house" (after an arson attack) because you happen to live in a hotel? And why should anyone else care about your personal property - physical or virtual - if/when that gets stolen if you don't consider other peoples property to be important? Thankfully the law isn't defined by your specific benchmark of personal importance.

nradov 8y ago
The law is defined by the fair market value of the thing stolen or destroyed, and by the risk or damage to human life. That seems like a reasonable way to draw the line. Any sort of working car is worth a lot more than a video game account. And there's obviously no comparison between the impact of an arson attack versus anything that could happen related to a video game. I can't fathom why you'd even bring that up. Let's have a sense of proportion.