Brock Suter wrote:
quoted 55 lines great post, if the purpose of music was a functional purpose. unfortunately cars serve a f>
> great post, if the purpose of music was a functional purpose. unfortunately cars serve a function where as music has an emotional foundation that unfortunately drives peoples lives(record industry).
>
> im a total car whore...every man for himself..this is a crazy world..if
> i get phat cars for free more power to me, cause i barely have money to
> spend..who agrees here? haven't cars in the past always been for people
> with money?
> doesn't seem so ethical(what is the ethic? spending money to buy or
> selling yr car like a whore?) but hey cars are for the masses..
> unfortunately a lot of people into fast cars are also up with the car
> theft scene so it might have a big effect..ethically, it all comes down
> to a person's choice of willing to spend the money to support the car
> manufacturer. doesnt it?
>
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>
> bullshit.
>
> Replace tbe word 'music' with any 'item for sale' in your post and you
> realized how completely FUCKED this argument is.
>
> theft is theft.
>
> If someone is expecting to get paid for something they made/provide and
> you take it for free without their consent, that is stealing.
>
> I'm not trying to pass moral judgements on anyone here, I'm just
> pointing out how some people have the most twisted way of
> rationalizing their actions.
>
> Personally, I download aproximently a gig a day via napster.
>
> Guess how I rationalize it?
>
> I only download things I OWN (or are 'freely distributable') and am too
> lazy to record off vinyl/rip off cd and encode for my personal use. I
> don't even feel the least bit bad about it since i've spent WELL over a
> hundred thousand dollars during the last 20 years on the music I love.
>
> Yes, music is for people with money, as are cars, computers, software,
> video games, telephones, books, shelter, clothes, food, etc.
>
> There is a BIG difference between being RICH and having money.
>
> Any person with a job has money.
>
> Get a fucking job and you too will have money.
>
> If not, you can do without.
>
> brockout.
>
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