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--LOURIEJOHNSON 16:18, 1 March 2007 (UTC)ACCORDING TO WEBSTER'S NINTH COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY, "CRIME" INDICATES "AN ACT OR THE COMMISSION OF AN ACT THAT IS FORBIDDEN OR THE OMISSION OF A DUTY THAT IS COMMANDED BY A PUBLIC LAW AND THAT MAKES THE OFFENDER LIABLE TO PUNISHMENT BY THAT LAW...", AS OPPOSED TO A VIOLATION OF ETHICS, ETC. IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS ARTICLE, OTHER DEFINITIONS OF CRIME (AS OFFENDING MORALITY, ETC) ARE IRRELEVENT. MY POINT HERE IS THAT "CRIME" NECESSARILY INVOLVES PUBLIC LAW; VIOLATIONS OF ETHICS AND MORALITY ARE NOT APPROPRIATE TO THIS SUBJECT (WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT LAWS NORMALLY HAVE THEIR BASIS IN ETHICS AND MORALITY).