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That "modern-day piracy" crack is terribly offensive, and it's going to backfire in his face. "Piracy on the high seas" is still a thing. People have been murde
by amyjess 9y ago
That "modern-day piracy" crack is terribly offensive, and it's going to backfire in his face. "Piracy on the high seas" is still a thing. People have been murdered, tortured, starved to near-death, and used as human shields by Somali pirates.
To equate Amazon exercising the right of first sale by buying and reselling shoes to the violence perpetrated by Somali pirates is an insult to the survivors of actual piracy and to the families of anyone who was murdered by Somali pirates.
- Mefis 9y agoNo thread would be complete without someone taking offense at something...
- kstrauser 9y agoI used to believe that, too, until I learned that "piracy" as slang for "copyright infringement" dates to 1603: http://www.luminarium.org/renascence-editions/yeare.html http://www.luminarium.org/renascence-editions/yeare.html You are (and I was) 400 years out of date. That ship has sailed.
- eridius 9y agoSaying that nothing is piracy unless it involves murder, torture, and starvation is ridiculous.