But see .. it isn't up to us to decide whether or not they are breaking the law and by merely helping them with a problem, I am not breaking any laws or any rules on the board.
Now, if they said something like Look, I'm trying to download Matrix Reloaded on IRC but I keep getting this stupid "DCC Pending" message. What is this and what can I do to fix it then sure, I could see all you guys diving on the thread to lecture about the laws and dangers of downloading illegal files. But assuming it is just not right, there have been plenty of examples, in this thread & many others like it, of material that is perfectly legal to trade. If some guy were to post something like that, even I probably would not offer my help, but I would stop at just that, not helping, I wouldn't feel the need to jump in there and explain to them exactly why it is that I'm not helping. Don't you get it man .. are you dense?
