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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
That is essentially the same as saying that only non-sinners can go to Church. Everyone makes mistakes, especially when younger. That doesn't mean they can't grow up and stop making those mistakes. Lawbreaking is lawbreaking. It doesn't matter whether it's a book or an automobile; if you take something that isn't yours, it shows disrespect for the rights of others and concern only for yourself. Just because the person calling you on breaking the law isn't perfect doesn't exonerate you from doing the same.
I swear you are such a stitch! I will admit you have taken rationalization for lawbreaking in a direction that I haven't seen here yet.
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Nice duck of the question regarding how law-abiding the people here who are taking others to task, are in their own lives regarding laws that are commonly broken.
You see, the error you keep making is that you see my explanation and those of others as "rationalizations" because they don't agree with your particular POV regarding ethics and the law. So they must be a "rationalization" for lawbreaking because they are not part of the ethics of the particular group you surround yourself with.
I would posit that an argument could just as easily be made against what
you post by saying that your statements are just a "rationalization" of why you do not question rules and regulations that are seemingly not made, and are not being used, for the benefit of the greater good - and are instead implying "it is a law and it must be obeyed otherwise the social fabric of the nation will disintegrate". If one's primary POV is "question authority", then just because a law has been passed doesn't mean that it is a good law or that it should even be obeyed. And a law about copyright violations should not even be compared to rape, murder, house-breaking, whatever; to do so is just making a facile argument.
If there is one thing I've learned in life, is that not everyone shares the same set of ethics. We like to think that they do, but they don't. Each person's set is created by their lives and influences. The acceptability of one particular set over the other depends upon what group of people one is in. It is only when we are among others who don't think the way "we" do are our own values called into question. When that happens, some people try to understand the other POV, while others just condemn it for being different from theirs.
