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> If the property isn't important, why are you stealing it?

Because I'm starving so I'm stealing a sandwich ?

Because I don't have the money to buy something that would save my life (Medical treatment for instance) ?




If these things are important to you, they could be equally important to whoever you're stealing them from. It doesn't justify the theft. In the end, though, the morality of it is something you'll have to decide for yourself. It's your conscience. Just understand that if you do make that choice you are in no position to object if someone else does the same to you, and it's rather hard to survive—much less improve your circumstances—in a world where anyone can take whatever you've managed to save up at any time without recourse.




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