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But if you look at the conditions that existed up until say the 1950s work was mostly muscle powered, ie being able to lift 50-100 lbs all day was expected at work and there was much less office work to be had. That meant that men being bigger and stronger had a big edge so they worked and women took care of the house/children, this was also a full time job that just took less strength to do. Doing laundry, cooking and cleaning by hand is a lot of time. So since this guy now had to feed 2-7+ mouths on one check he was cut some slack.
and up until very recently the atomic family was odd, why would you abandon all your relatives(ie the people who will help you) with out a very very good reason.
To tell the truth I would like to see the 17th Amendment repealed, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_Un...
if there is interest I am willing to write up why, but now I need to make coffee
no the morality is clear as well, he could have done many other things to protest or just reevaluate his decision and study/do something else. instead he chose to steal and then decided to brag about it.
and having read textbooks I would not call them literature in general.
and I am sure there were cheaper/free alternative books out there that he could have made due with.
my opinion stands he is a thief with a big mouth. he is not much of a thief but still one.
I do not have any problems with anyone scanning their books for personel use and its legal, but this was not.
Debt that will follow you through bankruptcy is not one of them. I know of people who took exactly that attitude about college and it destroyed their lives.
If you are not paying for college, or not paying much, it is true that it can be a fun 4 years and does not need to be considered a financial decisions. But when you are collecting more debt than an average mortgage you should really consider if the house you are buying is worth it.