> This is the distinction between a crime and something that is illegal. You're language is too loose to be making such distinctions. Crimes have a legal meani

> This is the distinction between a crime and something that is illegal. You're language is too loose to be making such distinctions. Crimes have a legal meaning so you can't just use the word crime in its moral sense only without being specific. >On HN people rarely make the distinction because they think something being illegal makes it a crime. HN isn't that dumb. > Gay marriage may have been illegal, but it was never a crime, for example. In the sense you're using the word crime (i.e. moral) you're absolutely wrong, it was a moral crime and gay people were the victims of said oppression.