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Originally Posted by kennyc
I think you are exaggerating a wee bit. Certainly change (particularly) significant change can be met with skepticism -- it is pure human nature. Also I don't think it Authoritarian thinking (as covered by that book) that you are thinking of but more the mindset that maintains the status quo.
On thing I do believe is inevitable is that the current publishers must change their ways. They are actively blocking establishment of a new way of publishing books - ebooks in particular because they are attempting to maintain the status quo.
Changing the way a business works is a very different thing than claiming that the product has no value and should be free. That is not how society works, it will never work that way because of human nature. The kids these days (perhaps you two) think they are entitled to have everything laid out before them for free. They've never had to actually work for a living, never had to strive to obtain something, never had to pay the price to survive.
Do you know why?
It's because all the prior generation sacrificed life, limb and fortunes to make this country (U.S.A. - and many countries around the world) beacons of prosperity to provide comfort, shelter, and an easy life for their children.
And look at what it has become. A society of entitlement, whiners and slackers that think everything should be free.
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Darn it!! I already gave you Karma and I REALLY want to give it to you again. Bless you for keeping up the fight, kenny.
And to those with a dissenting opinion, using big words does not make you sound more erudite or your stand more just. It just makes you sound pretentious. Bottom line: whether you like the laws or not, breaking them is still wrong. If you don't like them - work to change them within the system. Peacefully and respectfully.
And HarryT - Hugs to you, too!
Note: I gave up reading after page 5, we've pretty much beaten this horse to death in numerous threads here at MR.
