Kylearan,Mar 9 2005, 05:19 AM Wrote:If you come across an unlocked car, to you take it as well if you have the feeling you won't get caught anyway?
Only if its an ice-cream truck. Who doesn't like free ice-cream popsicles? :D
On a less silly note; I understand your intentions but I think your metaphor doesn't really fit the situation. Certainly you can argue a crime is a crime; murder is murder regardless of the situation or circumstances. But in that case I should be sent to jail for the bug I squished during breakfast. :P
I am not denying it's illegal to steal an internet connection, but rather I think your example that it's akin to stealing an unlocked car is rather silly. The car isn't taken for good. Its borrowed. And the tank of gas is always where it was left.
Okay, I think I'm going overboard with this example. But in the same way the law system in the United States differentiates between involuntary manslaughter and premeditated murder, there is a difference between your example and his actions.
Sure it's bad, but in my view there's much worse out there to spend time worrying about.
Cheers,
Munk