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Originally Posted by Alisa
We have a differing opinion on what I have paid for and that's fine by me. I don't require people to agree with me. However, I prefer to keep my interactions civil.
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Actually, I consider that I've been as civil as humanly possible, considering how out-of-hand this thread has gotten while various participants have given me inane rationalization after inane rationalization on how it's legally, morally and ethically okay for them to steal from me, because I sell "virtually nonexistent" e-books. Not to mention the barely-veiled "if you don't like it, get a real job!" comments.
Besides, civil or not, when you say something that's pretty much up there with "my dog ate my homework," you can't expect
not to get some serious eye-rolling in your direction.
For the record, I don't "require" people to agree with me, either, and I have been in plenty of sane, objective, logical discussions in this forum, and not given people a lot of reasons to be upset with me. But this whole "okay, here's another scenario: there's this carrier pidgeon..." stuff has just gotten ridiculous, and beneath
all of us to continue entertaining.
IMHO, I think it's time we stopped debating "what is piracy?" I think we all have a very good understanding of piracy, and didn't really need this thread to kick it around until it started bleeding.
Okay, end rant. ...say, weren't we talking about the Kindle here?