Why Do People Steal?

He's stealing them.

Nahh..Im liberating them from their capitalist oppressors.add by edit: Reasons?
1) They often take on a new life
2) Why have a database if old topics cant be resurrected?
3) I like that word--resurrection
4) Because it irritates TheodoricEdited by Phat, : add

Steal This Thread by Abbey Huffyman.

PHD — Player hater dgree. They don’t I was with a friend who works there, and he saw me setting prices for my tea, and was like what the hell are you doing? I explained it to him. And he said oh. Then I said he should turn a blind eye since he works there, he said they don’t care, they don’t even prosecute people they catch stealing food, they are more concerned with public opinion of them. to which I said ooooooh, well in that case Yeah but there is no God or any afterliferight? so fuck it! Ima get mine. Milq da game.
I love it when liberal atheists tell me about morality. Oh the irony.
I bet you have never illegally downloaded any music, or anything on the internet, right? Me neither Is that a British word? Across the pond we say Hustlers or Hustlaz, and there are some good songs about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU9TouRnO84
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_dh16HQkqQ&ob=av3e Yes, but mine is petty, so it’s no biggie.

Of course I would, but I do pay them something. If you burgled me but left me $250, it would suck, but I’d be alright, because I have insurance on all my shit. And the $250 deductible would be paid for by you, and I would get all new stuff.Wanna come over I need a new PC.

Curiously enough, leaving $250 was not part of my plan.Now, try again. If I burgle your house, and get away with it, is that theft?

Only someone totally without an morality and deserving of nothing but contempt could possibly say "Yes, but mine is petty, so it’s no biggie."Sorry Charlie but you are just a common criminal.

Have you ever had a serious/non-troll discussion on this forum?

Not boasting just sharing some game. Though your misunderstanding is the main reason you don’t talk to squares about the hustle. It doesn’t take any balls, because this becomes a hypothetical question real fast if this gets serious, I could be making all this up for the purpose of a discussion please don’t tell me that after 666+ posts anyone here takes me serious at all. I don’t consider it shoplifting. The thrill is saving some money. Yes we refer to those people as Americans. Yuck. Maybe if America ceases to exist and some authoritarian crazy place is here instead, or you could just move to the UK.SIDE NOTE on EVC POSTING POLITENESS: should I respond to each and every person like I just did here, or is one big response with individuals quoted better?

What does a God or an afterlife have to do with morality? Morality is how humans interact with one another. I'm not sure how it is ironic for a liberal atheist to talk about morality. Fraudster is an English word. Hustler is a colloquial term for 'con man'. Con-men are often fraudsters, but most 'hustlers' would regard underpaying for tea as pathetic petty theft (though they may still go ahead and do it). You seem to be under the misapprehension that I am lecturing you or something. I am not suggesting that you are a terrible person for committing crimes, I'm just pointing out that it is criminal behaviour.I was just responding your stated position that 'My friend told me this is stealing. I maintain that it is bargaining.' and saying it wasn't bargaining, it was fraud.You seem to be agreeing with me on that point. Maybe so, but it is not 'bargaining' nor is it really cool or clever enough to be considered 'hustling'.

One of the things creationists teach us everyday is that people have little difficulty convincing themselves of the truth of whatever it is they want to believe. You don't believe you're a thief, and as with most people, what you believe is good enough for you. Most criminals are prime examples of the need for people to believe good things about themselves even while committing heinous acts. Like the girl in the old joke, we've already determined what kind of person you are, now we're finding out the price.--Percy

I said yes already.
It’s insured I’ll be alright. Always looking for an opportunity for name calling. Why bother?
My choices are: call creationists names and make fun of them (boring option), or take a position outside of the status quo, and entice discussion (not boring to me). What you call trolling I call fueling a debate, if everyone agreed all the time then this would suck. Anytime anyone disagrees with the OP they are a troll from your perspective it seems, but from mine it is just part of the fun of discussing topics on a message board.
Unfortunately there are people like you and Jar who have to resort to ad hominem, because they can’t form a rebuttal, or they are just too lazy too. But I guess it takes all kinds.

Interesting. Do you consider an animal shaped like a horse with black and white stripes to be a zebra?Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

So how is that different from your justification for stealing, i.e. that you can get away with it?

English, British you know what I meant same difference, let’s not get into semantics till like page 7 or 8. I do. You are fun on here. Ok its fraud. Not stealing. Ha ha I knew he was wrong. I was wrong too, but me agreeing with you that it’s fraud also means that Dr Adequate is wrong (and he NEVER admits that), because he is dead set that it is stealing.I am going to lock in with Modolous here. It is fraudulent behavior, Not stealing.
I don’t steal, I’m no thief. I Fraud stuff. LOL nice try. I aint about to share the good stuff publicly on the itnernets, sorry dog , you got to figure that part of the game out on your own.