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Comparing theft of a product with the intent of resale to theft of a product with the intent of personal consumption is disingenuous. Stealing something to res
by betterth 14y ago
Comparing theft of a product with the intent of resale to theft of a product with the intent of personal consumption is disingenuous.
Stealing something to resell it for a profit is rightly a much worse transgression than stealing it for personal use, as you're only denying a single potential sale (your own) as opposed to actually stealing multiple REAL sales and keeping all the profit.
- chimi 14y ago"... than stealing it for personal use ..." As long as both instances are stealing, I have no problem. Relative badness is another debate, but I doubt we'd disagree much on that.
- Dylan16807 14y agoIt's not hard to argue that only the one that involves money is theft. Not that that argument is exactly where I would stand, but I think you're on shaky ground to call them the same crime with the difference being magnitude.