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If it is against criminal law, it is a crime. It is societies acting through their governments that make the rules declaring what acts are illegal. Hence, war is not a crime. Although it is the most violent of human activities, it has not been declared illegal by governments or their agencies. But petty theft—the stealing of a loaf of bread—is a crime because the laws of most states and nations have said so.…

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