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Originally Posted by meraxes
The word "theft" they keep using is important, because by insisting on it, they are:
a) trying to claim the moral high ground which does not belong to them
b) engaging emotions rather than reason to win the argument
c) labelling their opponents as criminals to discredit their reasoning
d) implying that the entire centuries-old weight of public outrage at classical "theft", and the whole state machinery of criminal prosecution, should be directed to support a failing business model of private companies
If this word weren't important to their argument, they would not insist on it as if their life depended on it. Take away the word, and their entire argument falls apart.
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This is getting silly. If you disagree with the moral statment being made, argue against that moral statement, not the choice of words.
/JB