[Eisenstein]

Except you didn't respond to anything I wrote. A 'simple and straightforward' response that does not address the content of the post you are responding to is not how this board operates.

From the guidelines:

"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."

"Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity."

[monero-xmr]

It’s just hard to engage when the comment doesn’t respond to the philosophical bedrock point: Stealing! Is! Wrong!

This is a bedrock foundational principle of Western civilization. I don’t take any quarter to any other opinion. This is the Ten Commandments. I don’t give an inch to anyone who tries to justify stealing whatsoever. While my HN persona is a bit grating my personal relationships are full of leftists, or I wouldn’t be able to be a community member in my deep blue city. I am tired of people defending theft and thieves. NO STEALING EVER PERIOD

[Eisenstein]

We were talking about enforcement, not morality. I addressed enforcement completely in the comment you never bothered to read.

You are conflating different things, you are not reading or properly engaging, and you are letting emotions take over instead of thinking. Maybe you should work on these issues instead of blaming leftists.