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[mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Delirium
Peter Mackay wrote:
It's morally wrong in any sort of degree.
Stealing a cent is the same
crime as stealing a million.
I would have to say there are precious few ethical systems that make
that claim.
Most criminal codes will identify the crime of theft (or larceny) without
discrimination as to amount:
Theft is "...the dishonest appropriation of property belonging to another
with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it".