Callin' em like I see 'em

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Imagine someone walks into your house, business, your car, whatever and looks around. They see something they like. They pick it up and walk off with it.

They don't bother to tell you. They don't pay you. They often tell other people what they did and how they can do it too. They actually invite other people to come over to your demenses and take stuff.

What would you do?

Most likely you would call law enforcement and demand that person be arrested.

Consider this - When the person is arrested, they turn around and sue you. They claim what they took should be free and available to all. They say it doesn't matter that you worked for whatever was taken.

They even claim that you have no right to exclusive possession of the items. They even claim that if you charge for it (in the case of a business selling things) that is a greater affront.

They even claim that since you are rich, you should share with people who have less.

They say the laws which protect your property are wrong, antiquated and should be illegal.

If you attempt to turn this argument around and take from them as they took from you, they immediately scream and demand you be arrested.

Has the depths of lunacy of this mode of thinking set in yet? What do you think about that person's thought processes? Mental stability? Personal code of ethics and morals?


He is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. James 1:8

Is the person who took from you a criminal?

Ready to grab the person who took from you and have 'em subjected to the full force of the law?

Why?

Really? You are sure? No doubt in your mind? All yer ducks in a row, irrefutable arguments lined up, ready to take this to the Supreme Court and win your case on unanimous decision? 

Point of order yer honor. What if the accuser is guilty of that which he accuses?

In other words, what if the person you are taking to court can take you to court on the same exact charges, reasons and basis?

"Our study ... reveals a large discrepancy ...  of young people regarding what is right and wrong," states the conclusion of a study on this very topic.

Yeah. I cut some stuff from the quote. Hang on, I'll tell you how to get to this study in a moment and you can read the whole thing yourself.

I now tell you Pirate Bay is changing to Research Bay. The website is going to help researchers discuss peer to peer file sharing by hosting periodic surveys of users. Why do you share files? What good does it do? Etc. etc. etc.

The simple fact is when you download copyrighted material without paying for it, you are stealing. (A few minor exceptions exist.)

You don't have to believe me. I can show you the law.

You can say the law is wrong.

I tell you people who create songs, music and assemble words (like I do) for a living do this to make a living. When you take that stuff without permission and without paying or it, you are stealing from those who create it.

If you disagree, then I ask you - how should the people who create the stuff you steal make a living, if not by creating the stuff you steal which other people pay for?

Will you pay their bills, fund their retirement account, pay for their vacations?

"But that stuff should be free," you say.

Fine. Answer my question. Who will financially support the people who create that which you say should be free?

They have a job. Their job is creating the stuff you steal.

Furthermore, if you think the kind of stuff they produce should be free, then you create it. Become a musician, an artist, an author. You create the stuff, you invest the time and energy and resources necessary to create it and then you can give it away if you so choose.

But remember, you have to pay the costs associated with that creation. Power bills, salaries for employees and assistants and all the other costs.


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