>AIM is a horrid pit of cheating too. No one really seems to
>complain about this. I guess IRC is a convenient scapegoat,
>especially if you have AIM, ICQ, MSN, etc. on your computer.

Aim could very well be an HPoC. I wouldn't say IRC is as much a convenient scapegoat, as it is a convenient gloss for "Ways people get together to cheat"

>Do you? Well then it's just as likely you cheat as anyone
>else. At least that's my "best guess."

I have IRC on my computer too, and occasionally use it. But I don't go into CF channels. Having an IRC client isn't what we're talking about. When people say IRC, they mean one or two particular channels that have a proven trackrecord of condoning cheating. They just say IRC instead of naming the channels. No such thing exists for AIM, so it's hard to use it the same way.

>What I am complaining about is you and others setting
>judgement on people who may not even be deserving of it.

Well, I agree that's unfortunate, but that's how all of life works because humans aren't omniscient.

>In some cases, your best guess is wrong. Do you take that
>into account? It's one thing to disbelieve what someone tells
>you, but it's another to stick your nose up in the air and not
>listen at all.

Yeah, it matters that there are innocents. If it didn't, the imms might just go on IRC, /whois everyone and then ban their IPs from the mud.