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Originally Posted by DaleDe
...My point was that these terms are commonly used and are even used in a legal brief that is to be understood by the court. I was defending your use of the term as being an understood term when not splitting hairs to justify stealing.
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Ordinarily the terms 'stealing' and 'thief' carry a lot of negative connotations; but when they are used in a context like:
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Originally Posted by kennyc
My opinion: If you take something of mine without my permission, you are a thief.
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Then they lose a lot of that weight, because everyone comes within that definition of being a thief.
Imho being denounced as a 'thief' in that sense doesn't mean very much.
