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Can There be an Ethical Thief?

Started by DeadVerySoon, January 18, 2022, 04:04:26 PM

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VisionStorm

#30
January 19, 2022, 08:33:51 AM
I'm surprised that this happened so soon, but I knew something was up and would end badly when I read the OP's user name and first thread, which seemed to be semi-autobiographical and sounded like they weren't well.

palaeomerus

#31
January 19, 2022, 11:47:16 AM


I don't know what happened but I made this to commemorate the drama.

Emery

Philotomy Jurament

#32
January 19, 2022, 01:57:11 PM
Quote from: VisionStorm on January 19, 2022, 08:33:51 AM
I'm surprised that this happened so soon...

I'm not.
The problem is not that power corrupts, but that the corruptible are irresistibly drawn to the pursuit of power. Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.

THE_Leopold

#33
January 19, 2022, 02:09:23 PM
Quote from: palaeomerus on January 19, 2022, 11:47:16 AM


I don't know what happened but I made this to commemorate the drama.


I wish i could give you +1's and Likes for this.
NKL4Lyfe

Omega

#34
January 19, 2022, 06:33:00 PM
Quote from: jeff37923 on January 18, 2022, 11:09:56 PM
Quote from: DeadVerySoon on January 18, 2022, 10:16:03 PM
Ok, this thread is closed. Too many dishonest asshole trolls on this site.

And you may be one of them!

What the heck is he? A forum crawler bot?

Pat

#35
January 19, 2022, 06:38:53 PM
Quote from: Omega on January 19, 2022, 06:33:00 PM
What the heck is he? A forum crawler bot?
No, he's just a precious little princess who deleted all his posts when people didn't agree with him.

Rob Necronomicon

#36
January 19, 2022, 06:51:27 PM
Well, I thought he was bitchin'. Come baaaack!
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The Spaniard

#37
January 19, 2022, 06:59:58 PM
He was just trying to inflate his post count.

Shasarak

#38
January 19, 2022, 07:11:03 PM
Dammit, missed the dishonest asshole trolls by this much.
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Omega

#39
January 20, 2022, 12:11:53 AM Last Edit: January 20, 2022, 12:18:45 AM by Omega
Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on January 19, 2022, 06:51:27 PM
Well, I thought he was bitchin'. Come baaaack!

Yeah. Thought his threads were ok and did not see anyone being rough in their answers so it is a bit of a "wha?"

Oh well, back to discussing ethical thieves without him.

As noted up above that got dismissed by him.

Theres a fine line between thief and vigilante or resistance fighter depending on how far someone stretches the term thief. And we know some nuts out there have stretched it to "everything on earth."

If you are stealing from enemy camps during war or after war occupation. Are you a thief or a resistance fighter?
Or to take it to the ad nausium extreme end... If the law confiscates stolen goods from criminals and return it to the original owners are they stealing from the criminals?

Rob Necronomicon

#40
January 20, 2022, 05:34:38 AM
Quote from: Omega on January 20, 2022, 12:11:53 AM
If you are stealing from enemy camps during war or after war occupation. Are you a thief or a resistance fighter?


Exactly, it's a highly nuanced question. And yet the gimboid didn't want to talk about it. Hm..
Attack-minded and dangerously so - W.E. Fairbairn.
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Opaopajr

#41
January 20, 2022, 09:03:57 AM
I could think of Lawful Good Thief being a corporate raider, moneychanger, or creative accountant. By Legal it is Lawful, by Good it would be something supportive of a humanistic ethos, such as short selling against harmful speculator bubbles, currency manipulation during a time of war against a rampaging war machine enemy, or pro bono clever tax write-offs for struggling charities.  :o Or you could be a locksmith.

I dunno, what were we talking about anyway?  ;D
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THE_Leopold

#42
January 20, 2022, 10:32:19 AM
Quote from: Shasarak on January 19, 2022, 07:11:03 PM
Dammit, missed the dishonest asshole trolls by this much.

Fret not the dopamine rush for these guys is too much for them to step away for long.
NKL4Lyfe

Crawford Tillinghast

#43
January 20, 2022, 04:38:32 PM
Quote from: DeadVerySoon on January 18, 2022, 09:46:58 PM
Ok, this thread is closed.
No, no it isn't. ;)
QuoteToo many dishonest asshole trolls on this site.

Quite true, indisputable.  In the twenty years I've been at the "Don't retort, report!" sites, I find it a bit intimidating to handle jerk responses on my own rather than casting Summon Mod; but also oddly refreshing.

Quote from: Pat on January 19, 2022, 06:38:53 PM
Quote from: Omega on January 19, 2022, 06:33:00 PM
What the heck is he? A forum crawler bot?
No, he's just a precious little princess who deleted all his posts when people didn't agree with him.

I predict the OP has a great future as a TBP moderator.  He has the perfect "only trollers would disagree with my opinion" attitude.

Re the OP question, here is my first thought:
QuoteWhen freedom is a memory and justice is outlawed, the just must become outlaws.

While Zorro isn't so much a thief as a resistance fighter, the concept still stands.

jeff37923

#44
January 20, 2022, 04:46:28 PM
So what would be the difference between an ethical thief and a moral thief?
"Meh."
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