>> Well that's just because they'd rather give the bandwidth to 100 people 
>> surfing the bbc site than 1 person downloading illegal stuff from 
>> bittorrent. (not saying that what you are doing is illegal, but i suspect 
>> the majority of bittorrent traffic is illegal)
>
> That's just it, isn't it? Because a technology *can* be used for something 
> illegal, why not punnish *everybody* who uses that technology?

It's not just illegal content, it's anything that threatens to use up "too 
much" bandwidth:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7336940.stm

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