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Originally Posted by kennyc
Barcy, I agree, but please note how this whole interaction started. I stated:
"The issue is that many don't see piracy as a problem or it would stop."
and got told that was a "medical solution" wtf is that supposed to mean. I didn't state a solution at all, just a statement of fact.
This statement is precisely at the core of my issue with piracy. The pirates see nothing wrong with what they are doing and to me that is abominable. Morals of the people in my society are important to me because we are all in this together. Morals and ethics make up the society in which we live. If there is no regard for law in this respect (piracy) there is little regard for it in other respects. That's why it matters. It affects all of us.
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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
 This lad states it well. |
Sigh.
While I may agree with the 2 of you, I know that to constantly beating this moral horse on this forum is a useless expenditure of energy & typing.
Piracy is wrong, but so is what the publishers are doing. Just because they have the right to do it, does NOT make it right. The music industry had to learn this the hard way, and it looks as though the publishing industry is going to have to learn the same hard lesson.
Some people are not going to wait around for the PI to come to its senses, or wait for them to engineer their "soft landing", and simply get the books off of the net.
It IS going to happen, and there is absolutely NOTHING the 2 of you can do about it. And to constantly raise this unsolvable topic here & getting into fights about it with others who have different points of view that may or may not agree with yours is also not necessary.
Even if we ALL agreed with you the piracy is morally wrong, we STILL can't do a damn thing about it to stop it.
Why don't you two just worry about maintaining your own morals & allow the rest of the board to maintain theirs.
Agree to disagree & move on.