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   Sam Gillett to jt august   
   Re: Update on Jack Tramiel Appearance   
   11 Nov 07 23:11:56   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.cbm, rec.games.video.classic   
   From: sgillettnospam@diespammergte.net   
      
   "jt august" wrote ...   
      
   > In article ,   
   > "Wildstar"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> "jt august"  wrote in message   
   >> news:starsabre-EF2058.02164710112007@inetnews.worldnet.att.net...   
   >> > In article <13j9fug7ecldo86@corp.supernews.com>,   
   >> > "Joel Koltner"  wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >> (Not that I'm suggesting anything Tramiel did was   
   >> >> illegal, mind you.)   
   >> >   
   >> > maybe not illegal, but it certainly was a crime.   
   >   
   >> To be a crime, it has to be illegal.   
   >> Unethical, perhaps.   
   >>   
   > From the Oxford University Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language:   
   >   
   > Crime - an action or activity that, although not illegal, is considered   
   > to be evil, shameful, or wrong: "they considered arpartheid as a crime   
   > against humanity.   
      
   From the concise edition of Merriam-Webster:   
      
   crime (noun) : serious violation of law   
      
   Which is most likely the definition Wildstar was thinking of.   
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