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Originally Posted by DNSB
I think it is past time to end this discussion. Your disingenuous statements that theft can be beneficial are hard to understand as being promulgated by someone with sufficient intelligence to type a semi-comprehensible message. Do you really think that many book thieves are posting positive Amazon or other reviews? Are bragging about this great book they liberated? As for ordering a replacement copy? The book was stolen and not processed through the inventory system. Under normal circumstances, why would a order for more copies be placed because of that theft when the store would not be aware it is missing until the next inventory check cycle. Thomas Paine was right.
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I think you are getting a bit carried away here David. Steve and I disagree far more than we agree, but I do not find his messages semi-comprehensible or ingenuous, nor do I question his intelligence. I think we all agree that stealing paper books is wrong. However, this does not mean that it has the potential to benefit no one but the thief. Steve cited some circumstances where theft can benefit the author, at the expense of the publisher and/or the bookshop. This in no way makes such theft morally or ethically justified. It is simple reality.