xenigo

Having a dialogue with pirates about the laws that impact pirates is kinda like having a discussion with murderers about penalties for committing murder. Or maybe talking with Bernie Madoff about laws regarding Ponzie schemes.

Is it any surprise they don't support any penalties, much less harsh penalties?

One thing I hear repeated is that "piracy should be stopped, but SOPA is way worse... so we can't support SOPA."

And the death penalty for treason is way worse than treason. And spending the rest of your life behind bars for running a Ponzie scheme is way worse than running a Ponzie scheme. Duh... That's the point.

Have these people never heard of accountability? This is how it works.

They say things like "this won't stop piracy". I'm sure it won't, but that's not the point. The point is to incentivise you to think long and hard before you do something that could potentially lead to your getting in trouble. The whole point is to dissuade you from committing the act the law is designed to discourage.

Yes, murder still happens... obviously. But there's a lot less of it going on because we have extremely harsh penalties for committing heinous acts.