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What does any of that have to do with whether or not "pirated" is the best word choice for this?

• bediger4000 14y ago
  "Pirated" is commonly used as a simple synonym for "stolen" these days. Common usage has shorn "pirated" of any nuance or connotation. Saying "Theft is theft" means that asking for a more nuanced verb than "pirated" in this situation amounts to excusing theft. Please excuse me for invoking a phrase that Sony itself (possibly through it's RIAA mouthpiece) uses in precisely the same context for its irony value. I should not have attempted the use of a subtle and low-energy communication modality like irony.
  • nollidge 14y ago
    Ack, no, you're good. I usually think of myself as adept at identifying sarcasm but that totally went over my head. Sorry!