Re: [ga] question

[Sotiris Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>]

Roberto Gaetano wrote:

> <snip>

> Let's take another example: postage stamps.
> They are the proof of payment for a service that allows (physical) mail to
> be routed via the snail-mail system.
> This definition will not take into account the exceptional value that some
> stamps might have for philatelists. But still, this is not the point.
> If to send a parcel you need stamps for a value of 20 pounds, you cannot use
> the world famous "Penny Black" (face value 1 penny) with the justification
> that its value on the philatelic market is more than 20 pounds: the Royal
> Mail will refuse the parcel (as would the US Mail, I suppose).

Just one simple question:

If I purchase one or hundreds of postage stamps from my post office, go home
and
put them in my drawer, and you come over and take one or many of them without
my
permission, is that theft or not?

Sincerely,

Sotiris Sotirpoulos
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