good ideas, but wouldn't a thief or pickpocket get his hand cut off?
That would be a little game breaking though, so something less permanent would be needed.
Other than that, I think some of those things that Shades listed would simply not be feasible to implement, and having to pay taxes in the game would really detract from the gameplay. And [censored] really isn't needed as an action the player can get involved in at all, references to it for the sake of atmosphere or plot would be alright, but letting the player do it is not needed at all, and would probably just set the people who are always complaining about content which they consider offensive in video games off like we've never seen before, just imagine how Mass Effect was criticized, wrongfully, of being a "[censored] simulator", and imagine how people would react if they found out the Elder Scrolls V DID, in fact, have [censored], if it were done with any degree of explicitness, it would probably get an instant AO, at least.
As for things in the poll, bribe is already present in both Morrowind and Oblivion, but it is just a way to increase people's disposition and was not seen as a crime in the game.
Levitation should return, but by no means should it be a crime unless you use it for illegal actions, such as breaking into homes through entrances inaccessible without it.
As to the other crimes listed, I doubt Bethesda would do arson, for the simple fact that it would involve permanent changes to the game's landscape, I could only see it being done as part of quests, the same goes for vandalism, and I really can't see pimping adding much to the game, otherwise though, the crime's listed in the poll seem like good ideas, if they are done in a way that enhances the game.
As to actions like torture being morally objectionable, one must remember, we ARE talking about crime here, it doesn't have to be right, I am not going to argue that all crime must necessarily be wrong (a rebellion against an oppressive government, for example, is definately not legal, but I am sure the rebels would tell you they are doing the right thing, and if the rebellion was a success, there is a good chance history would tell the same.) but still, arguing against including a crime simply because doing so in real life is wrong by most modern moral standards does not seem to make much sense to me, and no matter how you would compare torture to murder, both are still acts that widely accepted modern morals would object to, objecting against the portrayal of one in the game simply because it is wrong while accepting the other seems to me to involve a hint of hypocrisy. Indeed, while by modern standards, torture is considered wrong, that does not change the fact that it has happened in the past, Morrowind had slavery, and it was perfectly legal in that game, even though modern developed countries would not allow it, it had murder, even though it is quite illegal in the real world as well as in Tamriel, and many games portray acts such as terrorism, even though I am sure no one here is going to claim that terrorism is right, so why not torture?
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