Re:Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Warg faces lengthy jail term
by tripzilch on Thursday November 06, 2014 @07:20AM
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> Why cross that line? Why risk jail, your career, a whole pile of hardship?
I think part of it is age, maybe. Or rather life-experience, if you will.
I remember back in my early 20s what always stopped me was basic paranoia about getting caught. But that's just how I'm wired personally (and I was probably slightly irrational about the odds). I love breaking, bending and toying with the rules, but too chicken to pull through if it involved anything more serious than a silly prank on friends.
Nowadays (mid-30s), the first thing that stops me is a much more solid sense of what's right and wrong. I prefer it that way, because unlike fear of getting caught, it's a much more solid foundation to depend on.
Re:Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Warg faces lengthy jail term
by cpach on Friday October 31, 2014 @04:35AM
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To some extent I think it’s ”wired in”. Individuals vary a lot when it comes to risk awareness and risk tolerance. Take drugs for example. Some people will order new synthetic drugs from shady webshops without without batting an eye. Others will never touch anything else than alcohol.
I know, I know a couple of them. I just don't understand them. Why cross that line? Why risk jail, your career, a whole pile of hardship? The real life consequences is what I'm wondering about, it's as if there is some kind of disconnect there between action and subsequent consequences.
If it is only because it is 'unlikely that you're ever going to get caught' then that's a gamblers argument. (I don't understand gamblers either, so that might be an explanation right there.)