# Stealing is always at least one part good **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 13, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046 "2009-01-13T05:45:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jessesheeran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@jessesheeran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessesheeran)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/21 "2009-01-13T10:50:57Z")
well it is definitely one of the commandments stealing is depriving someone else of the work they’ve done, denying them or taking the fruits of their labors i think this commandmant gets abused. thats my observation. there is so much theft in the highest levels of finance, it is hard to keep an open heart toward america’s promise ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/22 "2009-01-13T10:59:44Z")
Stealing and other such ‘profit orientated’ crimes are not a malady or sickness in themself; they are merely symptoms of the actual illness that is Capitalism. No property, no theft. Viva la revolucione! Anarchy for the UK. John Lydon for PM. ---
**Author:** ![jessesheeran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@jessesheeran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessesheeran)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/23 "2009-01-13T11:10:57Z")
know property know theft ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/24 "2009-01-13T11:21:29Z")
Killing people reduces the amount of greenhouse gasses they will create via consumption in their lifetime. If you killed everyone, we’d stop polluting the earth by disturbing Mother Nature. Therefore, killing people is always at least one part good. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/25 "2009-01-13T11:24:35Z")
[hijack]Take me to Bimini! ---
**Author:** ![jessesheeran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@jessesheeran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessesheeran)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/26 "2009-01-13T11:27:29Z")
it doesn’t seem like people should have a right to take life, when it is not neccessary to do so would one then be able to phrase stealing the same way… meaning there are times to kill and there are times to steal ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/27 "2009-01-13T12:34:25Z")
Reading your posts is like listening to Bjork recite haikus in reverse. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/28 "2009-01-13T12:36:19Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Reading your posts is like listening to Bjork recite haikus in reverse. In Icelandic! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/29 "2009-01-13T12:44:27Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Reading your posts is like listening to Bjork recite haikus in reverse. reverse in haikus recite Bjork to listening like is posts you’re reading ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/30 "2009-01-13T12:46:03Z")
My brain ow ow ow ow!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/31 "2009-01-13T13:38:59Z")
YOU steals cash, Russia in! ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/32 "2009-01-13T13:53:24Z")
Everything not forbidden is compulsory. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/33 "2009-01-13T14:03:07Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > “Watch dog bark on a hot summer night, > kill my landlord, kill my landlord, > …” > [@Cukoorex](#): > > Reading your posts is like listening to Bjork recite haikus in reverse. > [@WhyNot](#): > > reverse in haikus > recite Bjork to listening > like is posts you’re reading This is so my favorite thread of the day. Thanks y’all! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/34 "2009-01-13T22:31:58Z")
Everything forbidden is compulsory. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/35 "2009-01-13T22:47:32Z")
This is what happens when you eat fortune cookies with the fortunes still inside. Then vomit them up all over the table. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/36 "2009-01-13T22:50:32Z")
I read the OP’s posts with Rorshach in mind. It seems a similar writing style to his diary. Maybe after the movie version of Watchmen comes out, I will have a voice in which to read them to myself. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/37 "2009-01-13T22:50:48Z")
Sigh, maybe the Internet wasn’t such a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/38 "2009-01-13T23:32:24Z")
:eek: This thread is totally buckeyed. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/39 "2009-01-13T23:51:37Z")
Go ask Alice Why the Final Cylon is buying the Stairway along the Watchtower when she’s 10 feet tall and fly high freebird yeah ina gadda da vida hootchie coo. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046/40 "2009-01-14T00:11:42Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Go ask Alice > Why the Final Cylon is buying the Stairway along the Watchtower when she’s 10 feet tall and fly high freebird yeah ina gadda da vida hootchie coo. …it’ll numb you to a comfortable level of 11. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-is-always-at-least-one-part-good/481046.md?page=3)