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Originally Posted by woj
one should know damn well what's "right"... there is never any moral dilemma in those situations (unless you ask 12 year olds on a pro-piracy board  )... there is no "but this company is huge or I don't like them for whatever reason, so I can steal from them" or some other bullshit excuse...
if there is nothing wrong with stealing from someone more wealthy than you, then by same logic it would be completely acceptable for a homeless guy to steal from you, no? after all you are much more wealthy than him? |
I agree, one should know what's right - but not everything is black & white. More often than not it boils down to how one feels, and the fact is, though most of us 'feel' the same morals generally, morals aren't a 1+1=2 kind of thing. As my earlier posts were trying to show, though obviously not very well
so, moving on... I didn't say there was nothing wrong with stealing from someone more wealthy than me, in fact I never said there was nothing wrong with stealing at all, nor did I even hint that there was nothing wrong it. But........ it *would* be acceptable for a homeless man to steal from me, yes. I would 100%, unequivocally understand that guy's viewpoint, desperation, and so on. I wouldn't *like* it, obviously, but I'm sure the homeless guy would not feel too bad about it, and fair play to him.
Now, if it were a career criminal, I'd be far more pissed off - why? I have no idea. Well actually tht's not strictly true, but I can't be bothered to do an in-depth post about it, this post as it is, is one of my lengthier ones
Like I said - morals are most definitely not a this is black, that is white situation, and there are millions of shades in between
