My step-son's mother thinks it's perfectly okay to illegally download movies from the internet and tells her son that it's not stealing because she's not selling it. I suggested we should steal her car and tell her we're not going to sell it so it's not stealing.
I just can't wrap my head around this reasoning. It reminds me of the quip my father once told me where "Little Johnny's" dad says "Don't steal pencils from school son, I'll bring you some home from work."
I don't want to say anything further to the kid because it's his mom, but I'm curious, what advice would you give when dealing with someone's justification to a child about how stealing one this is bad and another is okay?
(Besides, telling me that "it's not of my business" and "why am I getting involved?" - I'm just curious to hear your answers, and I won't be saying anything to the kid).
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Back in my college days, I used to download movies and tv shows. Now most tv shows are available online for free anyway... The downloads were rarely good quality anyhow. I prefer to just rent from the redbox now. $1 a night to rent the dvd!
(visit from new friend friday)
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