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philipwhiukyesterday at 5:34 PM1 replyview on HN

> robbery: the action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force.

The language of Shakespeare and Seuss deserves better than this mindlessness. It is not robbery because it is not unlawful.


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its_magictoday at 6:13 AM

In fact theft is always unlawful, no matter what alternate name you give it or how many of your fellow thieves and vampires approve of the crime.