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Re:Italian court rules food theft 'not a crime' if hungry by hartpuff on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @10:01AM (#11620707)
I'm not seeing the same logic you are. If someone is hungry (or pretending to be), why would they want to break into your home and sleep in your bed, rather than steal food?
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Re:Italian court rules food theft 'not a crime' if hungry by eplanit on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @11:39AM (#11621581)
His logical construction is solid: If it's okay to steal food when hungry, then it's okay to steal shelter when homeless (right?). The construction demonstrates how such logic, when generalized even a little, reveals its absurdity.
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Re:Italian court rules food theft 'not a crime' if hungry by hartpuff on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @01:38PM (#11622686)
Well it's about as "logical" as saying it's okay to kill people while in the army, so it must be okay to kill people in any other situation too.
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