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Read it in the context. The “made up” wasn’t a general statement. No one argues stealing doesn’t exist at all. My friend’s bike was stolen. What’s made up is ap
by drdaeman 1mo ago
Read it in the context. The “made up” wasn’t a general statement. No one argues stealing doesn’t exist at all. My friend’s bike was stolen. What’s made up is application of this word to situations that are incompatible with what stealing is supposed to mean.
Compare this to “the smell of soup and the sound of money” type “theft”.
- dnautics 1mo ago"copying is not theft/ stealing a thing leaves one less left/ copying it makes one thing more/ that's what copying's for"
- drdaeman 1mo agoYes. Although, to be pedantic - stealing relocates (it doesn’t leave one less, it moves the only thing into another person’s possession), while copying duplicates. Copy vs move is IMHO accurate semantics.