It's not illegal to download from torrents, it's illegal to download redistributed games from torrents.
Use some logic, if your game you purchased didn't work or stopped working, wouldn't you want to seek out a replacement you could download? Morally, there's nothing wrong with that and you're not likely to get prosecuted.
Oh and what makes you think it's you who decides which topics get locked, I'd say that's up to the moderators, you're in the restricted group, it has been noted that your judgement is really shit.