It should be immaterial whether you chop down the Christmas tree or set a pre-programmed robot capable of doing the same on its way. The programming of said ro

It should be immaterial whether you chop down the Christmas tree or set a pre-programmed robot capable of doing the same on its way. The programming of said robot isn't the bad act here, it's the act the robot actually performs. The danger of being castigated for having written something that wasn't used is that we then get into the area of thought-crimes.