@LeissaMyst While I can definitely follow your train of thought, and I thoroughly appreciate your analysis of the situation, I think you may have misinterpreted part of what simsbarbie was trying to say in their statement. While it is impossible to literally commit murder in vanilla sims, it is fairly easy to imply murder in the game, like how it's impossible to commit the aforementioned crime featured in this thread but you can use game mechanics to make a situation where it's possible to imagine it. For instance, you can't set a sim on fire with magic to kill them, but you can set a fire at their feet for virtually the same effect. Or you can't actually kidnap a sim and starve them, but you can invite someone over and lock the doors (which is legally identical)
Also, in reference to the dazed trait, I'm fairly certain it's more meant to reflect the cartoony 'birds flying around your head after getting hit with an anvil or electrocuted' as opposed to a real life 'I've just been severely injured and may have a concussion' sort of feeling. So I feel like it'd be more appropriate to ask if Elmer Fudd would be more willing to sign his savings over to Bugs Bunny when dazed, then if you personally would do so. The emotional responses of a sim are extremely exaggerated in all aspects by design, so it seems a little unfair to try and hold a sim to the standards of a rational and well-rounded real-life human.
I guess your right. It is a game after all. I'm pretty sure the whole point about it being a "Crime" is because people are holding the game to realistic standards in the same way I did. I mean, think about it: it's a video game, with no real people behind the screen, and nobody's feelings or rights to hurt. Any such crime would in any law of the land be victimless at best, and a waste of time at worst. We need to come to an understanding of what exactly the sims are, are they real people? Obviously not. The question therefore becomes "Will we hold them to a standard they are not designed to exist in?", I pretty much, feel as if this entire issue is overblown and largely unneeded. I mean, here we are recognizing that these are not real people and we're still legalizing their actions and responsibilities; it's almost hypocritical.
Also I by no means feel this is something that anyone should feel offended by (the fact we're discussing it calmly like adults tells me we're mature enough to not get our feelings hurt over this), it's just a matter of the entire thing (The Bug and it's consequences) is somewhat of a mixed message. But I've hammered that point home a little too hard, and am sorry for getting off on a tirade, really didn't mean to. I know people have strong emotions towards this and potentially other criminal actions in the Sims, but at some point there's got to be a balance, and right now the bug is causing imbalance.
Sincerely,
LeissaMyst
