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Old 05-18-2009, 11:17 AM   #55
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Originally Posted by Xenophon View Post
But don't fool yourselves -- sharing files while using the language of a boycott just makes you look like you're attempting to justify taking content without permission or compensation. It shoots your moral argument in the foot (or maybe in the heart)!
Only while you still care about whether or not others approve of whatever it is you're doing.
The only reason why that "makes someone look like they're a rationalizing/pirate" is because some people seem to be constantly & hell-bent upon trying to make out "the other side" as one-dimensionally evil/hypocritical. Because/And Lord knows editorial you will be punished as soon as you're caught in an apparent self-contradicting/rationalization.

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