That $100 you save for yourself is worth any harm it does to someone else? That's the problem - people always talk about "my rights" instead of "doing right". Just because you have the "right" to do something doesn't mean it's the "right" thing to do.
Disposable income, disposable razors, disposable computers, disposable lives. What a wonderful world view... the fast food nation. What's it matter if someone else suffers for it as long as I have mine? Grow up.
It's your problem because we share this planet, no matter how far away "they" are. Responsibility does not end just because the problem is somewhere on the other side of the world. If we allow injustice to happen elsewhere, what is to prevent the same injustice from happening in your own back yard? Self-centered behavior may be something that is honored in our society, but it does not mean its morally correct.
Humanity does not imply "us" vs. "them"; don't be fooled into thinking its "not my problem". Short sighted behavior has a way of coming back to haunt us.
Dumping our trash on some poor nation for a few cents on the dollar is not right - the only reason these countries accept our trash is because it's a revenue stream. So, because a country is poor, it's OK to dump our waste there? It's the whole idea that "because you're poor, you're less important than I am". These countries are less able to manage the difficult and costly tasks required to dispose of toxic waste properly. They don't have the money to property protect their people from the effects of mercury and lead poisoning. They don't have the technical knowledge to put in place preventative measures to protect their population. They cant afford to vaccinate, much less deal with the horrible medical consequences that are the result of improper storage and handling of said waste. Yet we walk in there and offer them some much needed cash, this negates our responsibilities? It becomes their problem because they've accepted it? It's all about our lack of responsibility - we are too cheap and too lazy to manage our problems ourselves.
Compassion should not have a price tag. May you never feel the effects of true poverty and the scorn of the indifferent.
You sir are not a very subtle troll. Lets drop you from 30000 feet over Iraq - you won't have as big an impact as a monitor, but the *squish* sound would definitely be worth it.
By your logic, the same goes for companies that dump their industrial waste into our ground water - they pay taxes so why should you care? Being responsible for *OUR* shit should be a legal requirement, if not a moral one. Dumping our problems on someone else cannot be justified by saying "look, everyone else is doing it, and they're much worse than we are". Either we take pride in our societies responsibilities, or we end up just like those you're railing against.
Welcome to Slashdot. Where the residents talk high and mightly about "free speech" and bitch about the EU's hate speech laws, but then use their powers of hypocrisy to suppress you. What truly surprises me is that you're only now realizing it.
Sir, you are a much better Troll than I. For as we all know, spelling Trolls are the epitomy of intelligent and insightful banter.
I bow down to your superiority and wash your feet with my tears.
For lo, I am but a pion and you are my master.
That's right. We can no longer bash you over the head with a lame ethnic slur. We have to come in close with a stiletto and insert it between your ribs. More power to the Trolls - nerf the AC's!
You know why people are opposed to this? It's because the majority of people on the net are complete and utter morons and not everyone is an "honest" salesperson. When enough idiots get burned by one-off offers to 2nd, 3rd,... 100th placed losers that never manifest, it affects the overall perception of the internet as a place for legitimate business.
It's the same reason the post office is opposed to scam-by-mail artists. It may be in ebay's interests to collect the fees, but it's in our interest to protect idiots from themselves.
Better yet are those people (like me) that watch the auctions, then message the losers at the end say "how's it feel to come in second" or "you suck" or "haa, what would a loser like you expect anyway?" or "Close is only good in horseshoes and hand grenades"....
Muahaha....
I bought the rights to your first born child, I can harvest it for organs if I want. Sorry to say, you did not buy the game. You bought the right to play the game, assuming you follow their EULA. You don't like it, feel free to write you own.
Working for nothing sucks. Not getting paid sucks. Loosing out to lhamas who cant "afford" $50 for your product sucks. Shutting down your company because the lhamas out number honest people sucks. You suck.
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That $100 you save for yourself is worth any harm it does to someone else? That's the problem - people always talk about "my rights" instead of "doing right". Just because you have the "right" to do something doesn't mean it's the "right" thing to do.
Disposable income, disposable razors, disposable computers, disposable lives. What a wonderful world view... the fast food nation. What's it matter if someone else suffers for it as long as I have mine? Grow up.
It's your problem because we share this planet, no matter how far away "they" are. Responsibility does not end just because the problem is somewhere on the other side of the world. If we allow injustice to happen elsewhere, what is to prevent the same injustice from happening in your own back yard? Self-centered behavior may be something that is honored in our society, but it does not mean its morally correct.
Humanity does not imply "us" vs. "them"; don't be fooled into thinking its "not my problem". Short sighted behavior has a way of coming back to haunt us.
Dumping our trash on some poor nation for a few cents on the dollar is not right - the only reason these countries accept our trash is because it's a revenue stream. So, because a country is poor, it's OK to dump our waste there? It's the whole idea that "because you're poor, you're less important than I am". These countries are less able to manage the difficult and costly tasks required to dispose of toxic waste properly. They don't have the money to property protect their people from the effects of mercury and lead poisoning. They don't have the technical knowledge to put in place preventative measures to protect their population. They cant afford to vaccinate, much less deal with the horrible medical consequences that are the result of improper storage and handling of said waste. Yet we walk in there and offer them some much needed cash, this negates our responsibilities? It becomes their problem because they've accepted it? It's all about our lack of responsibility - we are too cheap and too lazy to manage our problems ourselves.
Compassion should not have a price tag. May you never feel the effects of true poverty and the scorn of the indifferent.
You sir are not a very subtle troll. Lets drop you from 30000 feet over Iraq - you won't have as big an impact as a monitor, but the *squish* sound would definitely be worth it.
By your logic, the same goes for companies that dump their industrial waste into our ground water - they pay taxes so why should you care? Being responsible for *OUR* shit should be a legal requirement, if not a moral one. Dumping our problems on someone else cannot be justified by saying "look, everyone else is doing it, and they're much worse than we are". Either we take pride in our societies responsibilities, or we end up just like those you're railing against.
Welcome to Slashdot. Where the residents talk high and mightly about "free speech" and bitch about the EU's hate speech laws, but then use their powers of hypocrisy to suppress you. What truly surprises me is that you're only now realizing it.
Sir, you are a much better Troll than I. For as we all know, spelling Trolls are the epitomy of intelligent and insightful banter.
I bow down to your superiority and wash your feet with my tears.
For lo, I am but a pion and you are my master.
That's right. We can no longer bash you over the head with a lame ethnic slur. We have to come in close with a stiletto and insert it between your ribs. More power to the Trolls - nerf the AC's!
Yes, like putting in a filter to dump all spam to /dev/null. That'd provide a 20% improvement!
You know why people are opposed to this? It's because the majority of people on the net are complete and utter morons and not everyone is an "honest" salesperson. When enough idiots get burned by one-off offers to 2nd, 3rd, ... 100th placed losers that never manifest, it affects the overall perception of the internet as a place for legitimate business.
It's the same reason the post office is opposed to scam-by-mail artists. It may be in ebay's interests to collect the fees, but it's in our interest to protect idiots from themselves.
Better yet are those people (like me) that watch the auctions, then message the losers at the end say "how's it feel to come in second" or "you suck" or "haa, what would a loser like you expect anyway?" or "Close is only good in horseshoes and hand grenades".... Muahaha....
Next time your boss tells you they're not going to pay you but you'd better keep working, feel free to shake his hand and nod enthusiastically.
I bought the rights to your first born child, I can harvest it for organs if I want. Sorry to say, you did not buy the game. You bought the right to play the game, assuming you follow their EULA. You don't like it, feel free to write you own. Working for nothing sucks. Not getting paid sucks. Loosing out to lhamas who cant "afford" $50 for your product sucks. Shutting down your company because the lhamas out number honest people sucks. You suck.