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Article #307Re: Free Amiga Software From Gary Marshall
From: John Burns
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:50
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:50
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On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:25:39 GMT, elvis007now@hotmail.com (Jim) wrote: > > >Hmm, there may be more truth to this than you realize. if you consider that > >pirates steal the works of other persons and feel no guilt from it, then > >these are people that I(for one) would watch VERY closely if they were near > >me since they have no respect for the property of others. > > > >Don't leave anything you value near them... > > > >>arguments from a real world to give a good answer, but this is something > >>that is as alien to him as copyright law is. > >>As always, it is useless to argue with a pirate, even if you can get some > >>fun from reading such posts :) > > > > Man, wake up and smell reality. Don't the wealthy steal from the working > classes on a daily bases? > > Or do you believe that the wealthy are honest hard working people? > Whilst I see and agree with the sentiment I would just point out that two wrongs don't make a right. Karl Marx (who I believe was a bit of a socialist) himself said that the ends don't justify the means. > Yeh right! hard at work ripping the poor off! Fact is Pirates don't give a shit how wealthy a games publisher is all they want is to get something for free. Making out that software piracy is in some way akin to being a modern day Robin Hood endeavour is morally bankrupt.
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