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It's a little hard to be up in arms about this alleged price fixing. Yes, it's anti-consumer and might end up costing us a few dollars, but if the DOJ is lookin

It's a little hard to be up in arms about this alleged price fixing. Yes, it's anti-consumer and might end up costing us a few dollars, but if the DOJ is looking to make some real change, I'd argue that this isn't the best use of their time. Let's remember that we still have too-big-to-fail banks and an associated industry that the Dallas Federal Reserve says is on the brink of putting us into another bailout situation. To make a comparison, it's like candidates arguing over birth control issues and glossing over the 3 wars and financial crisis we're in. Yes, very important, but there are some more pressing matters that are being largely ignored.

jusben1369 14y ago
Parallel processing? To make a comparison, just because the siding on your house is badly in need of repair doesn't mean you stop doing the dishes for two weeks until you've replaced all your siding.
- warpspeed 14y ago
  Maybe they just need a better PR department. From my point of view, I'd like to hear a few more headlines about how they're working to avoid the next economic meltdown before I care about being charged an extra 50 cents for an ebook. To use your comparison, if there were reports of a hurricane coming I'd use every available resource to fix that siding, because the dishes won't matter if the house is blown apart.
brown9-2 14y ago
Allowing some injustices and illegal behavior to go on because there exists larger injustices out there doesn't seem like a good strategy for anyone hoping to see an improvement.
- warpspeed 14y ago
  In absolute terms, I agree. However, in the real world there are limits on resources. Imagine there was a serial killer loose in your town, and instead of seeing headlines about the police's progress in catching him, the headline reads "police bust local book store for selling books on the sidewalk without a permit." You'd be asking what the progress is on the serial killer. I'm not saying the ebooks thing isn't a problem, it just seems so trivial compared to the other crushing problems our country is facing at this moment.

jusben1369 14y ago

Parallel processing? To make a comparison, just because the siding on your house is badly in need of repair doesn't mean you stop doing the dishes for two weeks until you've replaced all your siding.

warpspeed 14y ago
Maybe they just need a better PR department. From my point of view, I'd like to hear a few more headlines about how they're working to avoid the next economic meltdown before I care about being charged an extra 50 cents for an ebook. To use your comparison, if there were reports of a hurricane coming I'd use every available resource to fix that siding, because the dishes won't matter if the house is blown apart.

brown9-2 14y ago

Allowing some injustices and illegal behavior to go on because there exists larger injustices out there doesn't seem like a good strategy for anyone hoping to see an improvement.

warpspeed 14y ago
In absolute terms, I agree. However, in the real world there are limits on resources. Imagine there was a serial killer loose in your town, and instead of seeing headlines about the police's progress in catching him, the headline reads "police bust local book store for selling books on the sidewalk without a permit." You'd be asking what the progress is on the serial killer. I'm not saying the ebooks thing isn't a problem, it just seems so trivial compared to the other crushing problems our country is facing at this moment.