Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by AnimalMuppet 2744 days ago
Morally? No. It's the thief's fault, and the thief's fault only.

But if you know that people steal packages off of porches in your neighborhood, and you leave a package out there for weeks, you're at least being pretty unwise. You're not morally at fault, but pragmatically, yes, you kind of are.

[Edit: That is, your actions are not well-suited for the kind of world that we actually live in, and that you know that we live in.]