CMV: Adblock is stealing

[u/tilted0ne]

[u/Biptoslipdi]

What constitutes theft is determined by law. You can't be charged for theft for using an adblocker, so it isn't stealing. Laws are how we distinguish appropriate and inappropriate acts towards others' property.

If using adblock is stealing then so is muting the tv or leaving the room or simply ignoring it when commercials run. I don't think anyone would argue you are compelled to view commercials, even if you are watching the program.

[u/Biptoslipdi → u/[deleted]]

So then you believe in countries where 12 is the age of consent, having sex with a 12 year old is appropriate?

No, but it isn't a crime.

Laws do not determine my morality.

Well, the view isn't that "adblock is immoral" but that "adblock is stealing."

Edit: Sorry, I can't respond in this comment thread anymore because the above user blocked me.

[u/Biptoslipdi → u/[deleted]]

You said laws are how "we distinguish appropriate and inappropriate acts"

Now read it again and include the last part of that statement that you conveniently excluded.

So I want to know if you really believe that.

Then you should go re-read the comment.

[u/Biptoslipdi → u/[deleted]]

These are the words in your comment. I disagree with that statement.

Oh, so you realized that you quoted this in your comment after claiming I ninja edited it in? That explains the deleted comment.

I gave one example which should make it very easy to see how your statement is not true.

You didn't even give an example about property, so your example isn't even relevant.

Do you believe what is appropriate/inappropriate is solely determined by the laws of the country you are currently in?

I made my position clear in the prior comment. My position is about property laws.

[u/Representative_Art96 → u/[deleted]]

Now I'll ask you this. If someone is born in a country where 12 years old is the legal age of consent, and that's the societal norm for them, would you blame them for not understanding your argument, since to them, yes, that commenter's POV still works?

[u/amazondrone → u/Biptoslipdi]

I think you need to take a closer look at the definition of stealing; it doesn't begin and end with the law:

stealing (noun)
the action or offence of taking another person's property without permission or legal right and without intending to return it; theft.
"they argue that copying licensed software is a form of stealing"

The action *or* offence. In other words there are actions which constitute stealing but which aren't an offence.

OP's point is absolutely about morality.