WtfEvenIsExistence ✓ to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years agoWould you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?message-square64fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down111
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareWould you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?WtfEvenIsExistence ✓ to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-square@Unbeelievable@beehaw.orglinkfedilink1•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-square@Pratai@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish1•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-square@Unbeelievable@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoOr 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.