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charcircuittoday at 2:10 AM1 replyview on HN

A thief would be excited to eat the food they stole. Taking's other stuff for free always looks great from the thief's perspective.


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wesselbindttoday at 2:47 AM

> A thief would be excited to eat the food they stole

I don't concede that the act of sharing this code is stealing, of course. The act of helping one's fellow man is a good thing. You've made your stance clear, and the very cogent and fairly conclusive arguments people have made against your stance don't seem to land, and I have no interest in repeating that exercise (and neither do you, I'm sure).

But this phrase stood out to me, and in particular that you would choose food as an example. You could've used any other example, like a new hat, or a baseball bat, a tricycle, a mirror, and so on. But you chose food, something people need to survive. Is the case of stealing food not at all morally ambiguous to you? What about the case of a young mother stealing diapers she can't afford?

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