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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
Another take is:
A keen amateur cook called Wendy illicitly downloads a copy of The Jolly Roger Crew's Favorite Dishes by Captain Hook from getyourfree bookshere.xxx and so would be called a "thief" by those who use extravagant words to enhance their case.
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The word thief is not "extravagant," nor does it enhance anyone's case. It's a simple word, and it doesn't spark any more emotion (in my opinion) than "cheater" or "illegal downloader" or "pirate." They are all morally and emotionally equivalent. I understand the technical beef with using "thief" (though I still find that particular beef to be overly semantic and dogmatic), but find it completely baffling that someone would object to the use of the word thief based solely on the notion that it's somehow more emotionally charged than other synonymous descriptors that people have mentioned as substitutes.
Everyone here seems to have pretty much agreed that its "wrong," and that people shouldn't do it. So I fail to see why some wish to attach a label to it that somehow carries less (or no) moral stigma.