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Originally Posted by RyanB
Hasn't it been said before that if one steals then they make a loss of say £30... if 10,000 steals then its £300,000.... etc etc... i hate thieves. if it gives me a better service then i like it... get rid of the thieves.
from a loyal XL customer since 1998... (yes i had analogue back then!)
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I too have been a customer since about 1998 back in the analogue days on Cable & Wireless. Happy days!
As we were pretty much all capable of having TV service without paying for it but chose not to, the situation could be that VM would have only been making revenue from about 80% of those taking the service (allowing for those who take a basic package but steal the rest) and so by now there would be no service at all. I, for one, would have a problem with that. If VM were to have a write-off policy for 10% of service being illegally obtained then soon enough it would be 80% or more and the business would become untenable.
As Masque pointed out, some of these unscrupulous installations cause interference on the network and, hence, potential loss of service to genuine customers. I've seen a real humdinger of a DIY cabling job here in Aylesbury and I reported it.
The fact that VM have to invest in protecting themselves and their customers from this kind of theft is a crime in itself.
I remember when a baggage handler was caught on CCTV stealing from passengers' luggage at Gatwick the union threatened industrial action for him being fired stating that it was a perk of the job. In my view, any union member supporting that stance should also be liable to termination. They are in a position of trust and if they can't be trusted they should have that position taken away. Sadly, if you do a search for this kind of thing, you'll see it is still going on at UK airports as well as in other countries. Cleaners in Luton have been caught doing the same.
My point is that the crime is bad enough but trying to defend it or just turn a blind eye to it is as bad.
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Immorality is the active opposition to morality, while amorality is variously defined as an unawareness of, indifference toward, or disbelief in any set of moral standards or principles