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I'm not outsourcing morality to the law at all. It's not breaking the law that makes it immoral, it's supporting organized crime that is immoral. That is just

I'm not outsourcing morality to the law at all. It's not breaking the law that makes it immoral, it's supporting organized crime that is immoral. That is just one reason why wearing fake watches is immoral. Even if it was legal to violate trademarks and commit fraud, you'd be paying people who are sneaky, lying sons of bitches.

ryanlol 8y ago
What is organized crime? A group of people breaking the law in an organized manner? Seems like the immorality of supporting organized crime would depend entirely on the nature of the crime being committed. >commit fraud Who is being defrauded? >lying sons of bitches Who is being lied to?
sho 8y ago
Oh come on. The mob doesn't bother with fake Swatches. What ridiculous hyperbole. Next you'll be suggesting buying a fake watch is supporting terrorism! I would suggest that anyone buying a $50 "rolex" is not, in fact, being defrauded, and if they are - well, they kind of deserve it.
- SamReidHughes 8y ago
  Organized crime isn't "the mob." It's any criminal enterprise. People are making $10000 fake Rolexes, not just $50 ones.
  - sho 8y ago
    > Organized crime isn't "the mob." It's any criminal enterprise Then you need to stop using the term "organized crime" because it has a pretty specific meaning. If it's "any criminal enterprise" then we just call that "crime" - and once again, you are referring to the law to define morality. > People are making $10000 fake Rolexes What. Not they are not. Your outlandish claims need evidence. Show many any example of someone who paid $10k for a fake Rolex.
    - dragonwriter 8y ago
      > Then you need to stop using the term "organized crime" because it has a pretty specific meaning. That meaning is a criminal enterprise. The mob is organized crime. Drug cartels are organized crime. Any organization against which RICO might be used is organized crime. > If it's "any criminal enterprise" then we just call that "crime". No, just “crime” doesn't require an enterprise. A criminal enterprise is organized crime.
    - ryanlol 8y ago
      >What. Not they are not. Your outlandish claims need evidence. Show many any example of someone who paid $10k for a fake Rolex. $10k seems about right for a fancy solid gold frankenwatch. These pop up for sale on forums sometimes, but they tend to be built by watchsmiths as a hobby and have almost nothing to do with the replica industry being discussed here.
    - SamReidHughes 8y ago
      I've personally helped save people from buying $6000 fake Rolexes. The fact that people send their fakes to Rolex to get serviced (which then get confiscated) is proof that they don't know they bought a fake.
      - ryanlol 8y ago
        Do you think the people running scams by selling fake rolexes as real are the same people making and distributing those fakes?

ryanlol 8y ago

What is organized crime? A group of people breaking the law in an organized manner? Seems like the immorality of supporting organized crime would depend entirely on the nature of the crime being committed. >commit fraud Who is being defrauded? >lying sons of bitches Who is being lied to?

sho 8y ago

Oh come on. The mob doesn't bother with fake Swatches. What ridiculous hyperbole. Next you'll be suggesting buying a fake watch is supporting terrorism! I would suggest that anyone buying a $50 "rolex" is not, in fact, being defrauded, and if they are - well, they kind of deserve it.

SamReidHughes 8y ago
Organized crime isn't "the mob." It's any criminal enterprise. People are making $10000 fake Rolexes, not just $50 ones.
- sho 8y ago
  > Organized crime isn't "the mob." It's any criminal enterprise Then you need to stop using the term "organized crime" because it has a pretty specific meaning. If it's "any criminal enterprise" then we just call that "crime" - and once again, you are referring to the law to define morality. > People are making $10000 fake Rolexes What. Not they are not. Your outlandish claims need evidence. Show many any example of someone who paid $10k for a fake Rolex.
  - dragonwriter 8y ago
    > Then you need to stop using the term "organized crime" because it has a pretty specific meaning. That meaning is a criminal enterprise. The mob is organized crime. Drug cartels are organized crime. Any organization against which RICO might be used is organized crime. > If it's "any criminal enterprise" then we just call that "crime". No, just “crime” doesn't require an enterprise. A criminal enterprise is organized crime.
  - ryanlol 8y ago
    >What. Not they are not. Your outlandish claims need evidence. Show many any example of someone who paid $10k for a fake Rolex. $10k seems about right for a fancy solid gold frankenwatch. These pop up for sale on forums sometimes, but they tend to be built by watchsmiths as a hobby and have almost nothing to do with the replica industry being discussed here.
  - SamReidHughes 8y ago
    I've personally helped save people from buying $6000 fake Rolexes. The fact that people send their fakes to Rolex to get serviced (which then get confiscated) is proof that they don't know they bought a fake.
    - ryanlol 8y ago
      Do you think the people running scams by selling fake rolexes as real are the same people making and distributing those fakes?