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Originally Posted by JSWolf
All DRM is doing is telling the customer that you are a crook before you've even bought the product.
Publisher: I don't trust you. You are a potential crook. So I'm going to restrict your access to a product you bought legally
Customer: Fine, I'll go get it from another source where your locks have been removed and not pay for it.
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I think your argument is specious and ill-informed. (The emphasis, in case there is any misunderstanding about my motives, is on the word 'argument' or - to use another word - 'persuasion')
When I organize debating teams, I impress upon my students that they need to understand another individual's argument in order to impress upon that person a feeling of respect for one's position, so that one can then proceed to say something like this: "...and here is why I disagree with your position...."
Having a sense of respect for one's position [understanding that position and why a person would hold such a position] is one of the underlying tenets for arguing successfully for a different position. When one uses a sentence such as "You are a potential crook," to further an argument, then one's argumentative stanch is less effective than if one used the three underlying appeals of pathos, logos, and ethos. (Of course, one could argue that there is NO respect for another individual's position. However, such a position - which is your position, as I see it - will be less effective since you are using only an emotional appeal to further your argument.)
By engaging in the three appeals of rhetorical argumentative persuasion - ethos [ethical], pathos [emotion], and logos [logic], one can build a sound argument with appeals to the character of the speaker, the sense of emotional appeal, and to an appeal of reason.
If one uses these three appeals and composes an argument that is 'sound,' there is a better chance of convincing other people of your position, and of
actually gaining more people who share one's belief in an issue, but who may be undecided about that issue - or any issue, for that matter.
Don