It must suck to have someone come over to your house if your a botter, and they ask "why is your computer on" and the only honest answer is "Because I have a program beating a game for me"
I dont know about you, but if I botted I'd leave my computer running and go out down to the pub :/ I wonder if that fact has promoted botting somehow though.
I have never botted (only L18 :/) on SilkRoad or any other game. I understand the background as to why it happens, and the only ways to solve it are to get JM to increase security or hire people for in-game moderation. You could sign a petition for this, but the nerdiness of this is stupid.
Your in school? I doubt very much you have the money to sue them. I also doubt you could sue them on any basis at all seeing as your playing a FREE game.
Enjoy Silkroad for the community. I play silk road to pass the time while I have a good banter with my gaming buddies on TS. Its fun that way, and I dont have to interact with many other players in the community. Hell, with the coming of Euro, we will have peace from bots anyway for a while as botting programs will have to be redesigned to counter party mobs.