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Offline Attero Dominatus

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If you could be Robin Hood, would you?
« on: March 05, 2008, 03:00:49 PM »
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Toucano  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Wed Mar-05-08 01:25 PM
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If you could be Robin Hood, would you?
   
That is, if you could rob from the rich and give to the poor would you do it?

Is stealing from the wicked who have stolen from others morally wrong?


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1. It is morally wrong to steal.
   
End of discussion.
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sarcasmo  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Wed Mar-05-08 02:09 PM
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10. Even if you stole the profits from Exxon and fed, sheltered and clothed the poor?
   
Edited on Wed Mar-05-08 02:10 PM by sarcasmo
On edit: couldn't you call it Revenge?
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muddleofpudd  (643 posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Wed Mar-05-08 02:17 PM
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11. No. It's wrong.
   
Revenge only encourages violence and more suffering.
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alyce douglas  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Wed Mar-05-08 01:28 PM
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3. haven't they stole from us to give to the rich.
   
Edited on Wed Mar-05-08 01:28 PM by alyce douglas
to answer your question, yes, I would do it.
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GloriaSmith  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Wed Mar-05-08 01:32 PM
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6. It would be fun to steal from insurance companies....
   
and give the money to the sick and uninsured. How about stealing from Haliburton and giving the money to the forgotten veterans?
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TooBigaTent  (259 posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Wed Mar-05-08 01:32 PM
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7. Anything done to those who have destroyed those "below" them in the social
   
structure is fair game. Even heroic.

Allowing them to keep their ill-gotten gains is morally wrong.
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muddleofpudd  (643 posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Wed Mar-05-08 01:34 PM
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8. It is wrong to steal
   
whether you are Halliburton or Eddie Punch-clock.
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silverweb  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Wed Mar-05-08 01:40 PM
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9. Maybe.
   
If I were absolutely sure that a rich man was rich because of "ill-gotten gains" (including off-shore accounts and investments in anti-human companies) I would not hesitate to rob him blind.

If we're talking about someone who earned his wealth through hard work, thrift, and/or personal ingenuity (especially eco-sustainable solutions), I'd never touch him.

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Gormy Cuss  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Wed Mar-05-08 02:21 PM
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13. No, I wouldn't. Stealing is wrong.
   
I'd tax the hell out of them and redistribute it. Many of the rich would think that was stealing, but it's perfectly legal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfectly_Legal
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16. In a New York minute.
   
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Re: If you could be Robin Hood, would you?
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2008, 03:11:02 PM »
If I could get away with it, I'd be Robin Hood.

DUmb-farks just don't understand that Robin hood stole from the government (evil sheriff) who was over taxing the people and stealing their land, and gave back to the taxpayers.

Yeah, freedom!  :cheersmate:
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Re: If you could be Robin Hood, would you?
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2008, 03:25:14 PM »
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3. haven't they stole from us to give to the rich.
   
Edited on Wed Mar-05-08 01:28 PM by alyce douglas
to answer your question, yes, I would do it.
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What, exactly, Alyce, have they stolen from you to give to the rich? 
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Re: If you could be Robin Hood, would you?
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2008, 06:41:34 PM »
And that my friends is why I am armed.
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When you are the beneficiary of someone’s kindness and generosity, it produces a sense of gratitude and community.

When you are the beneficiary of a policy that steals from someone and gives it to you in return for your vote, it produces a sense of entitlement and dependency.

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Re: If you could be Robin Hood, would you?
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2008, 06:46:22 PM »
Quote from: CactusCarlos on March 05, 2008, 03:25:14 PM
What, exactly, Alyce, have they stolen from you to give to the rich? 
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Re: If you could be Robin Hood, would you?
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2008, 06:47:07 PM »
Quote from: ReardenSteel on March 05, 2008, 03:11:02 PM
If I could get away with it, I'd be Robin Hood.

DUmb-farks just don't understand that Robin hood stole from the government (evil sheriff) who was over taxing the people and stealing their land, and gave back to the taxpayers.

Yeah, freedom!  :cheersmate:

Beat me to it.  This is one of my pet peeves.  To hear someone say Robin Hood stole from the rich is insane.  Those who repeat this idiocy are usually those who are not happy to learn/hear it was corrupt gov't he was robbing.

I would LOVE for someone to give me back some of my hard earned money .... I get tired of supporting the DUmmies.

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Re: If you could be Robin Hood, would you?
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2008, 07:09:56 PM »
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Re: If you could be Robin Hood, would you?
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2008, 07:26:05 PM »
Oh, come on!  It would be fun seeing Barbra Streisand and Oprah Winfart living in a government project in Gary, Indiana because some DUmbass confiscated all their wealth. 
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Re: If you could be Robin Hood, would you?
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2008, 07:28:23 PM »
Rich = Wicked ???  WTF?

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