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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Harry" data-source="post: 1558541" data-attributes="member: 5468">I suggest using The Sigil's terminology of &quot;processed idea&quot; to avoid the image of a paranoid fantasy of stopping &quot;idea transmission.&quot;&nbsp; I.e., if you think that a prestige class using battle-doughnuts would be cool, that's one thing, but if you post or download &quot;The Quintessential Baker&quot; (assuming that you do not own the copyright for it), then that is absolutely something else.&nbsp;&nbsp; This gets into the point I make below, but if you shoplift a copy of a book at the end of the work day, look at it, and have the intention of looking at it and sneaking it back the next morning, and you get caught with it that night, you will get pegged as hard as a more straightforward thief.&nbsp; &nbsp; Please see below.&nbsp; But the means matter.&nbsp; The means are all we have to go by when constructing laws.&nbsp; The courts cannot look into your heart or mind to legislate based on your motives, but on the action that you take.&nbsp; The rationale does not matter for the determination of whether or not a crime was committed.&nbsp; It might possibly matter in the sentencing phase, possibly, if you can convince the judge that you are being honest about the rationale for your theft.&nbsp; Actually, I'm not quoting anything, I'd just like to thank Danny for getting involved in the discussion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr. Harry, post: 1558541, member: 5468"] I suggest using The Sigil's terminology of "processed idea" to avoid the image of a paranoid fantasy of stopping "idea transmission." I.e., if you think that a prestige class using battle-doughnuts would be cool, that's one thing, but if you post or download "The Quintessential Baker" (assuming that you do not own the copyright for it), then that is absolutely something else. This gets into the point I make below, but if you shoplift a copy of a book at the end of the work day, look at it, and have the intention of looking at it and sneaking it back the next morning, and you get caught with it that night, you will get pegged as hard as a more straightforward thief. Please see below. But the means matter. The means are all we have to go by when constructing laws. The courts cannot look into your heart or mind to legislate based on your motives, but on the action that you take. The rationale does not matter for the determination of whether or not a crime was committed. It might possibly matter in the sentencing phase, possibly, [i]if[/i] you can convince the judge that you are being honest about the rationale for your theft. Actually, I'm not quoting anything, I'd just like to thank Danny for getting involved in the discussion. [/QUOTE]

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