Re: Hijacking a broadband connection On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:16:15 +0100, Roderick Stewart
<rjfs@escapetime.nospam.plus.com> wrote:
>Personally I prefer the old-fashioned morality wherein theft is wrong, the
>wrongness being defined on the basis of who the stolen items belong to, and
>nothing whatsoever to do with whether it is easy or difficult for the thief to
>take them.
Do you also believe that it is morally wrong to offer complete
strangers something for free? Is it then wrong for such strangers to
take advantage of your offer? Especially when doing so is costing the
offerer nothing at all (above what they are paying anyway)?
Because that is the position a lot of the time.
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