MOD EDIT: The context of this first paragraph has been lost somewhat. This thread had gone off-topic and was discussing piracy, which has been split off to here.
Wasn't there another thread or discussion about the ethics of piracy a while back, especially with this ACTA and SOPA lark going on?
In fact, didn't I start it?
Still, I just wanna say that there's some good stories in here, especially from J_dude - Teachers are meant to teach kids lessons, but I suppose that day you taught her a lesson instead - Like why she shouldn't be such a terrible supply teacher. Hope her disappearance from the school was because she got fired for negligence.
Anyway, I was a very stupid child, although I somehow managed to avoid being influenced by the wrong people or doing anything too bad - Just minor, tame stuff with friends or cousins such as prank calling insurance companies and takeaways from call boxes, exploring an abandoned (and derelict) mansion/old college building, and going into the woods to burn a few of my old toy cars using a lighter and an aerosol can/smash bottles using a catapult. Although that's all general pissing about like most kids do. Unless your childhood was sheltered and boring, who hasn't done stupid things like that?
The worst thing I did as a child though was this: My parents used to light bonfires to get rid of rubbish. I ran around with a stick that was smouldering on one end 'cause it was fun to watch it glow and make a trail of smoke, except I wasn't watching where I was going and my sister was oblivious to what I was doing - I accidentally hit her just below the eye with it and could have easily blinded her... I learned a good lesson about spacial awareness that day.