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Originally Posted by murraypaul
They really aren't. They are illegal. Moral gray area perhaps.
Right or wrong, the fact that there is no legal way to obtain something does not make illegal ways of obtaining it any less so.
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That makes law something "good", when law is something which at best is neutral. At worst it implies the inability of the different groups to come to fruitful private agreements, and the need of a neutral referee that hammers out a solution. A necessary evil, but an evil nonetheless.
Of course, that's all theory. Since the case is usually that the referee is in the paycheck of one of the groups, or that said referee effectively hampers other solutions which neglect his action, the moral case becomes muddier and thicker.