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Originally posted by RoSs_bg2_rox:
While I don't agree with Rataxes statement about a crime only being a crime if it has a serious affect on people's lives, I do have something to input. Everytime someone is punched/kicked/beaten in anyway by someone else, even by a mate, that is a crime-assault. Everytime under 16's (or varying ages across the globe) have sex, that is a crime. Everytime a copyrighted map on a game is taken over by someone else replacing their name on the front, that is a crime. Everytime you crack software so that you can use it again on another computer, that is a crime.
What I'm trying to say is, you may call it a crime, but it isn't a substantial crime, and it is a crime which many people don't think twice about, they don't even realise it is a crime. And it isn't actually that series.
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Agreed, but until such times as laws are changed, they're still crimes.
I'm one of the few who believe that downloading illegal material is a serious crime, and should be punished in an equally serious manner.