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Then by definition it is "right" in their eyes or they wouldn't do it. End of story.
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Given that you are obsessive about divulging personal data, can I ask WTF you are doing on a discussion forum? In your last few posts I can see that you dislike the BNP, that you have been attacked in the past (possibly by skinheads), that you live in the Midlands of the UK but north of Solihull, that you have little to no grasp of logic and that you have clearly been drinking quite heavily this evening. The only way to preserve your self professed prized privacy would be to go away and shut up. It would also make me very happy as well. |
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Don'tch'all just love these pirate conversations??
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However, I don't agree that the majority view is synonymous with morality. Each of us has a moral outlook which, although shaped by society, may deviate from or even oppose its views. So, I think it makes sense to say that "people think X is OK, but it's wrong" even if the majority think that X is not wrong. So, "people think that copyright infringement is OK, but it's wrong" would make sense even if the prevailing view was that is was, in fact, OK. Also, there are constants across human societies due to our common biology. Much of the moral shift has been in defining what counts as the in-group and out-group, as opposed to what counts as appropriate behaviour towards each. So, although there are no absolutes "out there" inscribed in the fabric of the universe, human biology constitutes a kind of absolute (or a slowly evolving absolute, perhaps) that constrains the moral positions that are adopted. |
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One has to allow for the Platonic notion of incontinence. This has got nothing to do with peeing in your bed but is to do with doing those things that one knows to be wrong and not doing those things that one knows to be right. It seems to be quite a common human trait.
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That's actually a fairly good way of separating out the types of crime I mentioned: Most pot smokers and IP infringers don't feel guilt for their actions, for a bank robber, well...
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I think that, at last, this thread has finally finished the "piracy is theft" debate. Here's my air-tight logical argument:
A: copyright infringement is theft B: theft is a crime C: therefore, copyright infringement is a crime D: all criminals think that what they do is right E: people only feel guilt when they think that what they do is not-right F: therefore, all criminals are not guilty G: therefore, copyright infringers are not guilty H: people who are not guilty are not criminals I: therefore, copyright infringers are not criminals J: which is a contradiction compared to C Any assertion that leads to a contradiction is false. Therefore, copyright infringement is not theft QED. Thank goodness for that. What are you reading? |
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