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WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Would you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?

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Would you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?

WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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    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.

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