The first time, I was attacked by a soccer hooligan, who smashed a bottle on my head with no warning, from behind.... I could literally read every move he was going to make and counter it, with no apparent effort on my part, matrix-style. Let's see, he smashed a bottle (probably beer or liquor) on your head... Ya, I find drunk people are pretty easy to fight, too.
I guess slo-mo Matrix-style fighting instincts is one theory, but maybe slow lumbering inebriated guy is a better one.
Immorality has nothing to do with it. I don't think there's anyone out there who willingly would do something wrong or 'evil'.
It's just that when you're faced with the opportunity to sell something you worked hard on (or chanced upon) for a lot of money, you probably will want to get as much of a return on your work as possible. You don't want to be the shmuck who turned down $1000 because he was worried about the exploit ending up in the wrong hands. You'd try to justify it. You'd think 'Oh, Microsoft would find out about this eventually' or (as somebody else commented) 'Microsoft probably wouldn't patch this immediately anyways'.
A guilty conscious wouldn't keep you awake. You'd just realize that there's a lot of shit going on in the world and your one little exploit won't even be noticed.
Then the next day you'd go out and buy a nice home theatre system with all the money you made.
If I decide to sneak a peak at an ad that shows a gay couple.. or shows an ad on how to deal with drug addiction.. will I be labeled as a gay drug addict to that/those companies? Only if you sneak another peak... and another, and another, and another.
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Immorality has nothing to do with it. I don't think there's anyone out there who willingly would do something wrong or 'evil'.
It's just that when you're faced with the opportunity to sell something you worked hard on (or chanced upon) for a lot of money, you probably will want to get as much of a return on your work as possible. You don't want to be the shmuck who turned down $1000 because he was worried about the exploit ending up in the wrong hands. You'd try to justify it. You'd think 'Oh, Microsoft would find out about this eventually' or (as somebody else commented) 'Microsoft probably wouldn't patch this immediately anyways'.
A guilty conscious wouldn't keep you awake. You'd just realize that there's a lot of shit going on in the world and your one little exploit won't even be noticed.
Then the next day you'd go out and buy a nice home theatre system with all the money you made.
That's just human nature.