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Originally Posted by Daithi
I know how their system works because I've used their free service before. I was stealing. I guess I'm just one of those weird people who is dishonest enough to steal, but honest enough to admit it.
I'm not going to lie to others, or to myself, and try to justify stealing based on some convoluted logic about an illegitimate business occasionally getting listed in the yellow pages, or a legitimate file occasionally getting listed on Rapidshare.
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I appreciate your attempt at honesty, but I think you're still making a fundamental error. Mind you, it's one just about everyone makes at one time or another.
Because you have used RapidShare to share files illegally, you assume everyone else is, too. You are saying "Every other user of RapidShare is a crook,
just like me!"
Er, no. They aren't. I've no doubt some are, but you can't meaningfully tar
everyone with the same brush. You can speak for yourself in this. You
cannot speak for others.
I do
not assume I'm representative, and that everyone else shares my viewpoints, motivations, and behavior patterns. Indeed, I assume I'm a minority on most things, with the exception of male, human, and alive.
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Dennis