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David Gorniak

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The 10p Issue.

We all know that stealing is wrong. But Imagine if someone stole as little as 10p from you? Then imagine that someone stole as little as a penny from you which was part of a scheme to steal enough pennies to make a million pounds. In which circumstance would you be more annoyed and why?

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    edward long 100+

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    Jul 17 2012: Two QUOTES:
    "Thou shalt not steal.:-- The Holy Bible
    "All stealing is comparative. If you come to absolutes, pray who does not steal?"-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Stealing is wrong.

    • David Gorniak

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      Jul 18 2012: I know that stealinjg is wrong in the simplistic case. But unless you are saying that no matter how small amount that it is being stolen the sense that someone has stolen something from you would make you feel bad enough. Or in other words are you saying it's not what it is being stolen that matters but the fact that something has been stolen?

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