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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph
I'm sorry your book was pirated...but theft happens to us all. Someone climbed 3 stories to steal our bikes. Shoot, one of my customer’s cargo and employees were jacked by REAL pirates on boats with guns…if you think someone stealing your book is bad, wait till they try to steal YOU.
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The existence of worse crimes does not mean that all lesser wrongs should be ignored, or, worse, encouraged.
I don't get the sense that Steve is lacking perspective on this.
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
The quantity isn't as important as the fact that consumers want me to believe that it is acceptable for me to be stolen from... whereas I doubt any of them allow themselves to be stolen from in like fashion.
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I'm with you.
Of course many of them would (or, at least say they would) happily have their stuff shared around for free without being asked (and so, they argue, you should too). The thing is, they don't seem to understand that in saying it would be OK for them, they are making the choice, and it's then not stealing. They have the right to give their stuff away. They want to make that choice for themselves, but deny the choice to others by making for them.