Kaito-kun wrote:I'd say Reknoc makes a valid point there. Not being able to afford something doesn't give you the right to steal it. I can't afford a Ferrari, in your eyes does that mean I have the right to go out and take one I see in the street? How about a nice big flatscreen telly? If I pop out to the electrical shop and tell the staff "Look, I can't afford this, so I'm just going to take it." At the best they'll just laugh me out of the shop, at worst I'll end up with a jail sentance.
First off, I never said it did, so don't set me up like I have. Second of all -and i'm tired of repeating myself- that wasn't the issue to begin with, so i'm still not going to answer to that
comparison. straw man.
It's one thing to call someone else's reasoning flimsy, but it's another to call it flimsy in a thread that says this-
CapnCloudchaser wrote:No judgements here: what are your views on piracy?
Then come off like it's okay because they don't respect anyone who pirates -just because they pirate. AND coming from someone who's done it as well.
We're not here to say who's reasons are better or worse than who's because if you're going to go that route, then we've
all stolen something*, regardless of the reason for it.
Seriously, it's not that hard to make your say on something without taking a potshot at someone else and making it seem like thier reasons are completely invalid and ours somehow acceptable by comparison -because they're not.
*(When I say by "we all", i'm referring to those who've said they have in this thread, for whatever reason.)
..But if that's what this thread's going to devolve into then forget it. I refuse to waste any more of my time here, as intresting as the subject may be.