Would you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?WtfEvenIsExistence3️@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 46 points – 1 years ago60Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentStealing as a concept has existed for way longer than laws areIf they’d wasn’t a crime, it would be taking. Not stealing.Nonhuman animals, which don't have laws, still steal from each other.No, they take from one another.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.
Stealing as a concept has existed for way longer than laws areIf they’d wasn’t a crime, it would be taking. Not stealing.Nonhuman animals, which don't have laws, still steal from each other.No, they take from one another.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.
If they’d wasn’t a crime, it would be taking. Not stealing.Nonhuman animals, which don't have laws, still steal from each other.No, they take from one another.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.
Nonhuman animals, which don't have laws, still steal from each other.No, they take from one another.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.
No, they take from one another.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.
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.
“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.
Stealing as a concept has existed for way longer than laws are
If they’d wasn’t a crime, it would be taking. Not stealing.
Nonhuman animals, which don't have laws, still steal from each other.
No, they take from one another.
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.