OK, I'll go slower for you.
1a) Pirates argue that they are not 'taking any goods' therefore they are not committing any serious crime
1b) Putting a webcam in a shower involves taking no goods, therefore following this logic can be justified by the perv as not committing any serious crime
2a) Pirates argue that they would not have bought the game anyway, so pirating it is not a problem
2b) The 'webcam' guys would not have done anything to attempt to 'legitimately' see the girl naked, therefore they argue the webcam makes no difference it changes nothing -- the girl was not going to be taken out on dates whatever happened so why not? She should never find out, no problem. Sound familiar yet?
3a) Pirates suggest their crimes are victimless
3b) The girl in the shower will never know she was filmed, therefore 'it's victimless'. Wahay -- echo?.
4a) Pirates claim it's OK because 'loads of people do it'
4b) If loads of people did the shower thing, people would undoubtably claim it isn't that bad also.
5a) Pirates claim it's the game's industries' fault for not, er, doing a very good demo / using DRM / offering you a specific license / price / anything else we can possibly think of
5b) The perv says 'girls are never interested in him' and 'don't give him a fair chance'. They don't understand him. They find him creepy / anything else he can possibly think of. Hardly his fault eh? And still -- the comparisons continue -- it's always 'someone else's fault' the crime is done .. Wahay -- you're both justifying your crime on the behaviour of the actual victim. Nice. Of course 'just leaving the blimin' victim alone' doesn't really spring to mind... that wouldn't be fun at all ..
6) They are both relatively easy crimes to action.
So what I'm donig is COMPARING you, or more specifically your moral standards, to a person that puts a webcam in a shower to covertly take film of girls showering. Because your logic is the same, your reasons, your understanding of how 'it hurts no-one', the same thoughts of 'where's the problem?'. You both justify your crimes in preciesly the same way, managing to persuade yourself there is no real issue with it. It's almost funny ..
The ONLY difference is the moral dilemma. You place a high 'moral value' against spying on girls. You place a low 'moral value' on stealing software. And it is precisely, exactly, this moral dilemma which I have issue with. The fact you can justify being a thief, but somehow spying on girls is outrageous. It's bizarre.
And yes -- I'm afraid the perv would find YOU outrageous for thinking nothing of stealing stuff. It's a 2-way, mutual dislike thing. Us on the fence -- well -- I see 2 peas in a pod ..
To the normal person in the street, they are about the same level of offence. TO THE LAW, they are about the same level of offence. But, just like, exactly like, the guy with the webcam who thinks 'where's the harm' -- you keep justifying to yourself the theft is OK. Again -- 2 peas in the same pod ..
Never forget, the average Joe in the street thinks the crimes are about as bad as each other. That's how you're regarded by joe average. Don't forget .. line both you and the perv in front on a judge -- society will give you about the same sentence. You're about as bad as each other, according to EVERYONE (apart from yourselves, of course).
