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eli11y ago· 3 in thread

I think jumping a turnstile is self-evidently stealing. It is also the case that it becomes a problem for everyone when enough people do it, but it would be stealing either way.

eis11y ago

So please lay out your definition of stealing and explain why it would apply to this case.

  "take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it."

No property is taken. It's not stealing. There are other correct terms to describe these things like theft of service.

d_theoristOP11y ago

(responding here to eli since we've reached the depth limit)

>My definition of stealing includes theft of services.

That's fine. You can go off and speak your own private language.

The rest of us don't get to redefine words arbitrarily. This is necessary for us to be able to communicate in a common language.

eli11y ago

My definition of stealing includes theft of services.

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