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		paulgb on Oct 18, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask News.YC: Best Online Incorporation Service? Would it be considered ironic to steal legal documents?

kf on Oct 19, 2007 [–]

Only in the Alanis Morissette way

paulgb on Oct 19, 2007 | [–]

I was thinking about it a bit more, and I would consider it ironic (real irony, not Alanis Morissette irony). A legal document binds someone to legal obligations, so breaking other legal obligations to get the document has to somehow be ironic.

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