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(responding here to eli since we've reached the depth limit) >My definition of stealing includes theft of services. That's fine. You can go off and speak your
by d_theorist 11y ago
(responding here to eli since we've reached the depth limit)
>My definition of stealing includes theft of services.
That's fine. You can go off and speak your own private language.
The rest of us don't get to redefine words arbitrarily. This is necessary for us to be able to communicate in a common language.
- npizzolato 11y agoThis is some ridiculous pedantry. Theft is a synonym for stealing. Merriam Webster even defines it as the "act of stealing." So if you're going to use "theft of service" as an acceptable phrase, then "stealing a service" must also work conceptually. To complain that is unacceptable to shorten that to just stealing in a conversation is utterly ludicrous.