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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
None of these is true.
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Well, since simply saying so does not make them false, either, feel free to explain why, and we can continue to discuss it, or take one side or the other as settled and move on.
Regarding what I'm sure is your main point of contention here, you must take into account the role society plays in encouraging people to "do the right thing," as well as the documented cases of human behavior that is exhibited when society breaks down, or takes a clearly immoral turn. And again, I'm not saying all people do society's bidding, nor that all people turn into homocidal maniacs when society's back is turned. There are degrees of dishonesty, just as there are degrees of lying, and when given a moment of opportunity that seems harmless enough, many of us will pick the low-hanging fruit from the orchard as we happen by.
It is this trend, in the current lawless environment of the web, that has encouraged digital piracy in otherwise law-abiding people.