Re: Is Nancy Pelosi a Traitor?

Mickey <Mickey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Alex W." <ingilt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The idea that someone could possibly place a higher value on
his material possessions than on human life is objectionable
in the extreme to me.

It's not a question of placing a higher value on material possessions
than life. It's a question of whether or not the ends justify the
means, and whether or not stealing is ever the right thing to do.

You have presented some very narrowly constructed scenarios where
"borrowing" someone else's property may be forgivable, and because
it's forgivable, you conclude that it's not wrong.

But it's still wrong. After the fact not only would you need to make
amends with the rightful owner, you should also admit that you know
what you did was wrong, but apologize and hope they understand why you
did what you did.newsgroups.

I was always amazed at the stories about people that committed robbery or
theft to "..feed their kids" after I found out that was the case in much
less than 1% of instances.



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