Investigators recovered two stolen trailers carrying $1.3 million in data center supplies, including copper wire and infrastructure equipment.

Investigators recovered two stolen trailers carrying $1.3 million in data center supplies, including copper wire and infrastructure equipment.

  • mechoman444@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    8 hours ago

    This particular tack definitely seems to be the main flavor of responses to my comment at this point.

    It is a really strange logical conclusion that many of you have arrived at.

    What it sounds like you’re saying is that if the theft is morally correct, then it is somehow no longer theft and is perfectly justified. That is a very strange argument to make in the first place.

    That is not how morality works. That is not how anything works.

    If a starving person steals bread, they may have a morally compelling justification for their actions. We can debate whether that theft was ethically permissible under those circumstances. But they still committed theft. The act itself does not magically stop being theft because we understand or sympathize with the reason behind it.

    The distinction between whether an action is understandable, justified, or morally excusable has been debated since the time of the Greeks.

    • Krzd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 hours ago

      We can debate whether that theft was ethically permissible under those circumstances. But they still committed theft. The act itself does not magically stop being theft because we understand or sympathize with the reason behind it.

      What? By that definition nothing is theft unless ruled such by a court. Which funnily also means that if someone takes anything but doesn’t get caught, they haven’t committed theft?
      Ergo any corporation powerful enough cannot commit any crimes, due to not being sentenced.

      That’s bullshit and you know it.
      This isn’t about if the guys stealing the copper committed a crime or not. Obviously they removed property without consent, which is theft.
      However, is there such thing as “good” crime? Yes. Same as the mother stealing formula for her baby, or the homeless person stealing bread, or these guys stealing copper from AI data centres.

      • mechoman444@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        4 hours ago

        By that definition nothing is theft unless ruled such by a court. Which funnily also means that if someone takes anything but doesn’t get caught, they haven’t committed theft?
        Ergo any corporation powerful enough cannot commit any crimes, due to not being sentenced.

        I have no idea how you came to this conclusion.

    • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      8 hours ago

      No, what people are saying is that not all theft is wrong. It depends on the circumstances. Is that really so hard to comprehend?