It's stealing in a moral sense, not a legal sense. But humans don't give a shit if they cheat.
We're supposed to care about some minor shit like downloading music from a bittorrent site because it's bad but the very people who are telling us it's 'naughty' are invading foreign countries and murdering people to steal their oil.
There's a single operating space for morality; there isn't 'morality for governments' and 'morality for subjects', there's just 'morality'.
Discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation is also illegal here in the UK
Sure. Just try to get into my local health centre's sauna or pool anytime monday or sauna every day 9am until 1pm if you have a penis attached to your body.
Sure, in theory, everyone says "sexual discrimination is bad" but they appear to be blind to what is or isn't discrimination.
I'm more offended by religious nuts who have this book where all things are pre-judged and it's all written down so that even ppl who can't reason for themselves can tell what is and isn't right or wrong.
Even though such ppl need said book, they don't realise that it's offensive when they try to force their brainwashing on others who can reason for themselves.
Get back to the middle ages with you!
Bloody religious nuts outing themselves all over the place, dagnabbit!
[Side note: My XBox Live profile would contain a cartoon video of me jumping up and down shouting "I'm STRAIGHT and proud"]
I recall an experimental result(*) I heard about back in 1987(!) where it was shown that homosexuality in mice could be encouraged by increasing population density.
The conclusion drawn was that it's a natural, built-in population-control mechanism.
* This isn't wikipedia, all replies which are variants of 'cite' will be treated with the contempt they deserve:P
Look. Here's how it is. Microsoft make it REALLY easy to join XBOX Live but virtually impossible to leave. This is just the most convenient way to leave.
It's like the way they charge to change your gamertag but if you ask several ppl to 'complain' that your gamertag is offensive, microsoft 'force' you to change it.
There's nothing at all accidental about it. It's a cruel joke perpetrated by cruel people.
Another funny one would be if everyone that's been forced to 'buy' a microsoft OS when they bought a laptop on which they intend to install l00nix were to ask for a refund.
I wonder why no 'ethical' haX0r has yet written a virus which cleanly and safely removes all trace of IE from a machine then pops up a box to ask if you'd prefer firefox or opera (or <other browser>)*
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Perhaps you've not heard, p2p is illegal, even if the content holder uploads the torrent themselves...
A robust demonstration of the rationality enjoyed by religious people.
Thanks so much for that.
You may think this is off-topic but..
We're supposed to care about some minor shit like downloading music from a bittorrent site because it's bad but the very people who are telling us it's 'naughty' are invading foreign countries and murdering people to steal their oil.
There's a single operating space for morality; there isn't 'morality for governments' and 'morality for subjects', there's just 'morality'.
Lead by example you corrupt pieces of shit!
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So, you don't think that the police, who are acting like Gestapo, should take some of the blame?
How many nazi war criminals is the US harbouring? Looks to me as though they've managed to increase their influence? :-)
yay. one more for the list
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spotted slashdot UID less than 10000, *check* ;-)
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spotted wooly mammoth
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witnessed peace amongst men
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Quite right. I misread the referenced comment as 'Discriminating on the basis of sex is also illegal here in the UK'
Yep. Just like the word 'teetotal'.
Sure. Just try to get into my local health centre's sauna or pool anytime monday or sauna every day 9am until 1pm if you have a penis attached to your body.
Sure, in theory, everyone says "sexual discrimination is bad" but they appear to be blind to what is or isn't discrimination.
fnord-lol-fnord
uhh..
I'm more offended by religious nuts who have this book where all things are pre-judged and it's all written down so that even ppl who can't reason for themselves can tell what is and isn't right or wrong.
Even though such ppl need said book, they don't realise that it's offensive when they try to force their brainwashing on others who can reason for themselves.
Get back to the middle ages with you!
Bloody religious nuts outing themselves all over the place, dagnabbit!
Actually, homosexuality is extremely normal.
[Side note: My XBox Live profile would contain a cartoon video of me jumping up and down shouting "I'm STRAIGHT and proud"]
I recall an experimental result(*) I heard about back in 1987(!) where it was shown that homosexuality in mice could be encouraged by increasing population density.
The conclusion drawn was that it's a natural, built-in population-control mechanism.
* This isn't wikipedia, all replies which are variants of 'cite' will be treated with the contempt they deserve :P
That's so not a realistic comparison. When's the last time you recall anything good coming out of hollywood?
lol
Look. Here's how it is. Microsoft make it REALLY easy to join XBOX Live but virtually impossible to leave. This is just the most convenient way to leave.
It's like the way they charge to change your gamertag but if you ask several ppl to 'complain' that your gamertag is offensive, microsoft 'force' you to change it.
It's just ppl working around MBA-led bullshit.
Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fnords.
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That's just weird.
It clearly reads "fnord-fnord-wall-fnord-mart-fnord."
It's always heartening when someone can't sling an insult correctly due to their own ignorance...
It's You're a stupid nigger... (the apostrophe indicates dropped letters.
For what it's worth I usually see this type of comment from someone who's trying to suppress homosexual urges involving dark-brown penises....
Another funny one would be if everyone that's been forced to 'buy' a microsoft OS when they bought a laptop on which they intend to install l00nix were to ask for a refund.
Outpost Firewall Pro has a component which removes ads before they even reach the browser. I haven't seen one for ages..
I wonder why no 'ethical' haX0r has yet written a virus which cleanly and safely removes all trace of IE from a machine then pops up a box to ask if you'd prefer firefox or opera (or <other browser>)*
For fuck's sake it's "for fuck's sake"..
I guess they can't be so badly off or they'd get real jobs ;-)
Michael Moore had a fair attempt in Sicko. Check it out at your earliest convenience...
Of course, he can't be right because he smells like a *liberal* and we know that's bad..
Social prejudice is this year's racial prejudice.
Let ppl make a ham-fisted attempt at atoning for past abuses will ya?, jeez ;-)