A couple of years ago I wrote an article about the need to allow viruses. In the article I presented different ideas why computer viruses should be allowed. In the article I forgot to argue that computer viruses should be allowed simply because of their own value or because someone may like to collect them. In the recent xkcd cartoon this desire to collect the strange is portrayed.
Cartoon (part) by xkcd click here to see the whole cartoon.
How different is this to keeping a terrarium with poisonous snakes?