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Re:Ask HN: What's the hardest problem you've ever solved? by foldr on Monday November 19, 2018 @09:10AM (#18486482)
>Robbing a bank is universally illegal, but it is not regarded as unethical in general

Erm, no, it is regarded as unethical by almost everyone except bank robbers.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the hardest problem you've ever solved? by effie on Thursday November 22, 2018 @04:42PM (#18512759)
Have you heard of the Robin Hood legend? It says the man was robbing the rich, and was very popular with the populace. I find it hard to believe that his robbing activity was regarded as 'unethical' by 'almost everyone'. Or a recent example, the sci-hub and libgen projects. They are robbing publisher shareholders of their profits. Do you think those projects are regarded as unethical by 'almost everyone'?
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