Note 455 — Chapter II
Henry P. (Henry Pomeroy) Horton translation
We need not treat here of the causes which have led to the designating of these acts as crimes; they are the same as those given above in connection with economic crimes without violence. The harm done by these crimes is naturally greater than in the case of crimes without violence, since they put life as well as property in danger. It is interesting to note here, once more, the dualism of ethics; many primitive peoples consider these acts as crimes when they are committed within the same group, but very honorable when once the act passes beyond the limits of the group.455 Further, with modern peoples this difference still persists; colonial wars often resemble a colossal robbery.