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by Nursie 1224 days ago
Well, because of the effects stated in the post you’re responding to.

It’s a source of continuing harm to the person who has been abused, and it creates bubbles of acceptance which go on to encourage creation of more material.

We have moved past the somewhat myopic “it’s just ones and zeroes” view of this in general, as a society. Actions have consequences, even actions as simple as exchanging a specific large integer with another computer.