The HN crowd that doesn't seem to get it is like that because they're either white collar criminals themselves, or they work for such criminals.
The HN crowd that doesn't seem to get it is like that because they're either white collar criminals themselves, or they work for such criminals.
> It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
— Upton Sinclair
"It's only a crime because it's against the law." - someone, inevitably
Of course that’s a silly turn of phrase but there is a grain of truth.
Most people believe that the law should mirror the ethics or morality of the society, and absent something clearly harmful, most people don’t understand why something with nobody clearly harmed should be illegal.
"Why should you go to jail for a crime someone else ... noticed" — Bob Loblaw