4 Dec
2005
4 Dec
'05
1:06 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Leonard" <trixter at oldskool.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: pirating
Jim Battle wrote:
If that's what you wanted to write, you should have written that instead
of
There is
nothing wrong with the statement "When you're broke, you
pirate."
There is nothing wrong with it except that it is a blanket statement and
isn't true. Most people, when broke, do without. attempting to pass it off as a grammar correction.
I don't disagree with you; most people go without. But I was (and still
am,
to
a degree) somewhat obsessive, so sitting idle drove
crazy.
--
Most people will not break into a music store to steal a copy of Van Halen
1984, quite a few people will download the same music in MP3 format from the
internet. Pirating (digitally copying a copyrighted work) is not exactly the
same as physically stealing the same item (I am not saying either is ok to
do).