May I assume that you are not proposing that we (as a community) actively and support being engaged in illegal activities, but you want the ability to talk about participating (or not participating) in them? I think the moderators are useful in not letting community members get out of hand....when personal remarks and attacks are made, when arguments burst into flame wars, it is very good to have a mediator that puts a stop to escalating hostilities. I am not personally for advocating Warez and child pornography on the site. It would seem to me there are plenty of outlets for such advocacy on sites that I would rather avoid visiting. Not everyone who visits here is over 21...I would rather we promote good examples of behavior rather than bad ones, but I now that's a lost cause.