WtfEvenIsExistence3️ ( @WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWould you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?message-squaremessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up139
arrow-up139message-squareWould you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not? WtfEvenIsExistence3️ ( @WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-square Unbeelievable ( @Unbeelievable@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoYes it would.
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minus-square Thorny_Thicket ( @Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz ) linkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoStealing as a concept has existed for way longer than laws are
minus-square Unbeelievable ( @Unbeelievable@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoNonhuman animals, which don’t have laws, still steal from each other.
minus-square Unbeelievable ( @Unbeelievable@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWiktionary defines it as: To take illegally, or without the owner’s permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
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minus-square Unbeelievable ( @Unbeelievable@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoOr without the owner’s permission; I even put it in bold.
Yes it would.
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Stealing as a concept has existed for way longer than laws are
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Nonhuman animals, which don’t have laws, still steal from each other.
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Wiktionary defines it as: To take illegally, or without the owner’s permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
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Or without the owner’s permission; I even put it in bold.