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Old 01-09-2013, 01:20 PM   #63
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Please explain to me how in a free country it's a crime or wrong to make legally obtained information put in a pretty form? If you have a problem with the information being freely available, wouldn't it make sense to go to the source providing the information?
Well off the top of my head, I would say that it's wrong because it creates a situation in which people whose information is abused have no recourse, as the people who have requested it act as an information buffer between the source, and the destination.

A crime? No. Morally repugnant? Yes.
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