The Free Zone Board

[RoguePlanet]

Scissors vs. your home

Spall, come on. You don't see any "moral difference" between a pair of scissors and a home? I mean, please. ;) - Rogue

No, I don't. Can you explain this moral difference to me? I'm being serious. They seem to me to be different in degree, not different in kind. - Spall

Well, they're similar in kind in that they're both items of property. The "moral difference" is that the home has a higher dollar value, plus you have a higher (much much higher) expectation of privacy and interest in protecting the autonomy of your home than you do in keeping someone from using your pair of scissors. So I guess you're right that the difference is one of degree, not kind, but they're still DIFFERENT.