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I’m just saying that it’s not all black and white. It is black and white. It's theft. The issue of whether you shold steal in certain conditions is a separate
by javert 14y ago
I’m just saying that it’s not all black and white.
It is black and white. It's theft.
The issue of whether you shold steal in certain conditions is a separate issue, as discussed some in the article.
But it is black and white, it's theft.
- alecst 14y agoHe's not arguing that you should steal. And anyway, I think what you're saying is baloney. Theft is not always bad. Do I really have to give examples to illustrate the shades of gray?
- vacri 14y agoIt's only black and white if you narrow the question down to "is it theft or not?". The author was talking about piracy as an overall issue, not the strict definition.
- barrkel 14y agoAre you using black and white to mean a clear distinction, or to mean moral good and bad? It's not black and white to me. It's obvious that copyright violation is not directly equivalent to theft on a black and white basis; there are clear differences, such as theft depriving someone else of a physical good, so under the "clear distinction" interpretation of your statement, it is plainly wrong. And as to moral interpretation, it's not obvious that theft is always wrong either.
- javert 14y agoI use it to mean a clear distinction.
- guard-of-terra 14y agoThere is a lot of accepted theft in our society. For example, American settlers stole all the land from Native Americans. Might as well direct your anger at that.
- javert 14y agoYou're using "stole" here as, ironically, a "stolen concept." Look it up in an epistemology book.
- tatsuke95 14y ago>"It is black and white. It's theft." No, it isn't. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/opinion/theft-law-in-the-21st-century.html?_r=1&ref=opinion http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/opinion/theft-law-in-the-2...