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- From: eyvind@Lise.Unit.NO (Eyvind Bernhardsen)
- Subject: Re: I found a pirate - what shall I do?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.200342.11603@ugle.unit.no>
- Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator)
- Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
- References: <Bx93tw.62C@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1992Nov5.201345.5803@bnr.ca> <Bx9n9K.943@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <njale.25.721068817@dhhalden.no>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 20:03:42 GMT
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- In article <njale.25.721068817@dhhalden.no>, njale@dhhalden.no (NJAL EIDE) writes:
- > In article <Bx9n9K.943@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> shulick@yankton.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick) writes:
- > >From: shulick@yankton.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick)
- > >Subject: Re: I found a pirate - what shall I do?
- > >Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 23:15:20 GMT
- > >In article <1992Nov5.201345.5803@bnr.ca> hello@bnr.ca (Ken Orford) writes:
- > >>This is one of the most asinine responses I've seen since M.B. posted
- > >>last! Either you're incredibly stupid Sam or you're simply a jerk!
- > >>Piracy is wrong no matter how you cut it - and if ya ain't one of the
- > >>good guys then you must be a bad guy. Get a life and stop jerking
- > >>around people who are on the right side of the fence.
- > >
- > >Oh, come on, now. What a weak argument, Ken, really. Either I'm stupid
- > >or a jerk? No, try I'm realistic. And "piracy is wrong" is about as
- > >weak and diluted as "say no to drugs." And no, I'm not a good guy, and
- > >no, I'm not a bad guy. I try to be un-biased.
- > >
- > >Let's talk about realism. Do you realize how many pirates exist in the
- > >world? Yes, QUITE a few. Astonishing amounts. Look, I hate to say it,
- > >but turning one in won't do a lot of good. You could turn one in, but
- > >maybe somewhere in the world, someone will say "I want a copy of that
- > >game" and become a pirate. -1, +1. They sorta cancel out.
- > ....
- > >It will only hurt the pirate, and it won't help anyone.
- > >
- >
- > I wasn't that sure, but now I am. You really are a jerk and downright
- > stupid. I really should not bother to comment such bull, but anyway:
-
- Could we leave the personal bashing out of it please? It's very tiring to read an
- opinion on piracy which is somewhat lenient & then suffering thru HOURS of
- "fuckyoulameassholepiratescaneatshitanddiefuckoff" - and that's just the headers..
-
- > I guess you would be really pleased if someone commited a crime towards you,
- > everybody knew who the criminal was, and then he is left to go free because
- > it's common to break the law. What signal does that give to the public ?
-
- Sure, but the S/W companies don't seem too interested - I heard of someone who got
- hold of a pre-version of a game, cracked it in a couple hours and sent it back to
- the company WITH his address in the intro... He still walks the streets...
-
- > If this pirate was arrested, several might conclude that pirates do get
- > caught, and stay away from it.
-
- You have a point there.
-
- > It will only hurt the pirate, and that is good. Let the pirate bleed.
-
- YES! YES! Let him BLEED and DRINK the BLOOD! Hear his agonised SCREAMS as a
- million worker ants RIP his GUTS out for SIX WHOLE HOURS before he FINALLY DIES
- from the AGONIZING PAIN!
-
- I mean, REALLY! (Hello Caroline H :)
-
- >
- > Njaal Eide - ODH Halden
-
- --
- //| | DISCLAIMER: I don't HAVE opinions.
- // | | I just repeat what everyone else says!
- \\ //--|miga: There can be only one. |
- \X/ | eyvind@lise.unit.no | Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! Ackpth!
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