Date: 2020-12-14 04:10 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] sdi
I always liked Chuang Tzu's take on this:

We hang a man that steals a belt buckle, but if a man steals an entire state we declare him a lord! But how much benevolence and righteousness should you expect from a thief?
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