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I said "stealing to eat". Because the claim was "stealing is never moral and is just as bad no matter the amount". You heard "point a weapon at a stranger and
by mandmandam 3y ago
I said "stealing to eat". Because the claim was "stealing is never moral and is just as bad no matter the amount".
You heard "point a weapon at a stranger and demand the contents of his pockets".
And, since this seems to be really confusing to a lot of people here for some reason, stealing tens/hundreds of millions of dollars from people is in fact unambiguously worse than mugging someone for their wallet. It's far more violent, and causes far more suffering.
- samatman 3y agoThe context was, in fact, mugging: which is when someone points a weapon at a stranger and demands the contents of his pockets. Receipts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39854970 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39854970
- kelnos 3y agoThe topic of the thread changed at some point; you seem to still be on the original topic, when the rest of us are talking about stealing food to survive.