But climate change skeptics have seized on the recent theft of thousands of private e-mail messages from computer servers at a British climate research center to cast doubt on whether global warming is as serious as it has been made out to be.

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Are you saying that taxing Michael Jordan, say, at a 33 percent tax rate for good causes to feed the hungry is theft?

你是说按33%的税率向乔丹征税,来支持公益事业，解决温饱是盗窃行为吗？

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You still have to hide the note from theft, but at least you don't have to hide a whole bunch of gold from theft.

你仍然需要小心藏好票据防止被偷走,但是至少你不用,再藏一堆金子了

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Joe says it is theft, maybe in an extreme case it's justified, maybe a parent is justified in stealing a loaf of bread to feed his or her hungry family.

乔说这是盗窃，但在极端情况下也许可以原谅，例如为了养活饥饿的家人,而去偷面包的家长。

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What it amounts to is theft by the state or by the majority, if we're talking about a democracy, from people who happen to do very well and earn a lot of money.

它相当于政府施行的盗窃,若是民主政府的话，则是大多数人施行的盗窃，其对象是工作出色而赚得大钱的人。

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