(08-05-2013, 02:28 PM)Hywel Pendragon Wrote:He made a choice for the greater good to do that. It was for a disguise if I recall. It comes down to the context of why they are doing it. A guy whose needs are already met, but decides to steal from a bystander anyway is just a villain. Being a thief isn't a good thing, and a person needs a very good explanation for why they are committing acts of theft, if nothing more than to show they aren't just a cold-blooded monster in the shape of a person.What about when Locke had to steal the clothes from those merchants? xDD
Poor guys just minding their own business and BAM... naked and embarrassed.Â
Yes, I know about the survival thing. However, thievery in and of itself is an undesireable act. The poor steal because they have no alternative, but that is only considered acceptable because of the particular situation, not because theft is morally ambiguous.
