WtfEvenIsExistence3️@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWould you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down15
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareWould you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?WtfEvenIsExistence3️@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareUnbeelievable@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWiktionary defines it as: To take illegally, or without the owner’s permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
minus-squarePratai@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years ago“To take ILLEGALLY-” if it wasn’t a crime, it wouldn’t be illegal, and therefore wouldn’t be stealing- it would be taking.
minus-squareUnbeelievable@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoOr without the owner’s permission; I even put it in bold.
Wiktionary defines it as: To take illegally, or without the owner’s permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
“To take ILLEGALLY-” if it wasn’t a crime, it wouldn’t be illegal, and therefore wouldn’t be stealing- it would be taking.
Or without the owner’s permission; I even put it in bold.