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Old 03-18-2008, 08:40 AM   #93
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Originally Posted by cmbs View Post
Gotta love these "I'm an honorable thief" or "it's the publisher's fault I have to break the law" threads.

Far as I'm concerned, if mobile read is so upright, they shouldn't allow talk of illegal activities on their website. Surely there are forums just for honorable and unwilling-but-forced thieves where they can discuss this stuff.
Discussion can be useful. It can help people clarify what the moral and legal issues are and, perhaps, lead the less experienced member to realise that there are ethical issues involved when downloading items from the darknet. Whatever they go on to do is their own responsibility. But they will (hopefully) be making an informed choice.

And, consider the alternative. Suppose that we were to censor every mention of the possibility of illegal downloading. This would be treating forum members like small children who are not competent to think things through for themselves.

However, posting links to the darknet site is another matter and that's where we draw the line.
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