Yes exactly. Slave owning from 300,000 years ago, until just recently was not a crime and therefore they were not criminals. They do not retroactively become criminals when it gets made into a crime. I think a book on etymology might help you out here.

It actually is ok when governments do it. I am anti death penalty, but it is not a crime when a government executes a criminal. Your definition of crime is wildly expansive.

What crime are you referring to? Giving weapons is not a crime. You could argue it backfired.

Luckily it is typically too small to be much of a bot target. I don’t subscribe to world news subs though, dark places.