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Cognitive dissonance. Deep down, people know what they're doing is wrong, but don't want to admit it. The same reasoning that allows them to perceive that they'

• betterth 15y ago
  Yes, we should remain subservient to an abusive, quickly antiquating industry and it's politically subversive methods. Or, we can accept that while piracy is wrong, it's not the boogeyman that these luddites have made it out to be, and it's certainly not worth the vicious punishments doled out by Governments. Do the creators of these wonderful cultural works deserve to be paid? Absolutely. And you'll notice that the same pirates are more than willing to crowdfund through Kickstater or directly a la Louis CK. But as long as the organizations controlling the legal rights to these cultural works continue to actively subvert our democracy, you won't find sympathy from me or many others. I consider it civil disobedience. YMMV.
  • rewind 15y ago
    "Yes, we should remain subservient to an abusive, quickly antiquating industry and it's politically subversive methods." You say that as if I said that and you're sarcastically agreeing. I don't know where you get that from my comment.