The Old Testament point is interesting, but I don't see the application here. The concept is not that the poor should be able to steal from the rich because 'it will hardly be missed', it's that the rich should be generous with their crops and allow the orphans and widows to gather some.
1) There's a difference between 'the poor' and 'orphans and widows.'
2) There's a difference between 'the poor' and the majority of people who are pirating music/software.
3) There's a difference between CDs and food.
Just because the music industry has a higher net worth than me doesn't mean that I am now poor and should be able to steal their product.
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1) There's a difference between 'the poor' and 'orphans and widows.'
2) There's a difference between 'the poor' and the majority of people who are pirating music/software.
3) There's a difference between CDs and food.
Just because the music industry has a higher net worth than me doesn't mean that I am now poor and should be able to steal their product.
I wish I could introduce some of these grasses to my lawn...
weeds? meet grasses..