Impact and harm is absolutely part of the criteria by which we judge crimes and penalties. Not sure where you're going with that.

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JumpCrisscross 3 days ago | parent [-]

Of course harm matters. Stealing a priceless original is worse, and punished harder, than stealing a commodity out of a corner store. That doesn’t mean the latter is fine.

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ajross 3 days ago | parent [-]

There's a spectrum between "not fine" and criminal prosecution!

	▲	JumpCrisscross 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		> a spectrum between "not fine" and criminal prosecution! And I’d say someone who premeditates a company wide shutdown, triggers it, and then doesn’t offer to help after its damage becomes clearly apparent crosses the line of criminal responsibility.