collegeboy69us
Supreme [H]ardness
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You guys are comparing real life crimes to cheating in video games.
If you get robbed, raped, etc. in real life then yeah you're screwed. But if someone's hacking in a server, then either join a different server, buy your own damn server, complain to the game company for having crap security, or maybe just not take video games so seriously.
The more you rage against hackers, the more hackers there will be.
It boils down to honesty, integrity, and morals. Would anyone that had those three things rob rape or murder? They damn sure wouldn't be cheating in a video game that's for sure.
Funny enough here in texas if someone trys to rob or rape you -- we generally execute the criminal on the spot via self defense. (I fully believe in the right to use deadly force to defend yourself)
The argument of taking something seriously has no merit here -- what about your kids little league soccer game? What if some kids on the opponents team were cheating? Could we just tell you "don't take it so seriously - its only little league soccer" or tell your child to go play on another field?
It's hard to imagine in this day and age, but picture a society where people had enough honor and integrity to NOT cheat/steal/kill. Could you imagine not needing locks on your door, or carrying mace or a gun, or not being afraid to walk home at night? This idea is probably so foreign to us it's just absurd to think about.
It all comes back to the core idea of being a good person. Anyone who cheats/steals and trys to subvert the rules is a small part of a much bigger problem.
Funny enough our society could use a huge infusion of the idea of "honor" from the Klingons The closest we have on this planet are the Japanese - of course every society has their issues, but honor is something thats not 100% dead there yet.