You didn't answer my question - are you suggesting that some liberty to break the law is infringed here?
Idiot mods. It's the same old "i'm going to use my own personal moral ideals to try and justify my behavior in the larger context of a society" argument. That's not insightful, it's been said by childish dolts like the parent poster a million times before to justify their illegitimate behavior. This stupid "view" of things is especially prevelant in threads where numbskulls use it to try and justify the fact that they steal games/movies/music/whatever.
Fucking idiot mods need to go look up the definition of "insightful".
Um. No. You attempted to point to the Boston Tea Party as backing for your position that stealing software is a legitimate way to voice your discontent for a company's business practices. Since the Boston Tea Party's precipitating events were in no way related to your petty theivery, I called bullshit.
You're a common-as-dogshit crook who's too cheap to buy things you want and, when given the opportunity to steal it with impunity, you leap at the offer and then attempt to grasp at ridiculous straws to justify your crooked behavior after the fact. Nothing more.
Absolutely. But, that never occurs to the dolts here who whine and bitch and moan about how the musicians are being "ripped off" by the music industry and how writers are "ripped off" by movie studios and blah blah blah.
It never occurs to people here that signing away your rights is a conscious decision. It's not that the artists signed contracts that made it clear what they could and couldn't do and what they would and wouldn't own and then changed their mind after they got rich, it's that some rich guy ripped them off from the get-go.
Um. You didn't justify anything. In fact, extending your argument to what you're trying to get at, any greivance anyone has against any company could be used to "justify" stealing their products.
That complaint is no more legitimate than one about the baseball stadium being four hours away because you live in a wheat field in the middle of Nebraska. Companies can't be expected to adapt their distribution mediums and locales so that everybody is served on a level playing field. The entire concept is ludicrous. It's never been done in the past, it's not being done now, and there's no reason to start.
You may argue that it's not your fault that you're on a 28.8 connection, and you may be right. However, it's even less Valve's fault so it's not the least bit unfair for anyone to say "tough cookies to you" on the issue.
Yes, I prefer this New Amerika where we spell it Amerika not because we're a bunch of psychotic feminists but because only the "liberal elitists" would dare do anything like crack open a book. Quick! To the TV, Cletus! We're missing FEAR FACTOR!
Fear not, you'll pay. Your idiot red state supporters can only drive society so far into the ground before it can't go any farther. Then, as usual, it will be the blue states to the rescue because while your buddies were out on the back porch shooting pigeons and swilling cheap beer while they waxed philospohic about the relative merits of each ones sister's performance in bed the other night, the people who actually bother to think for five minutes or more out of the day - which necessarily excludes every stumphumping moron that voted for Bush based on the numerous assinine arguments that were constantly being provided up to and through the election [see above] - was out there doing something useful to keep this shithole of a country from drowning itself.
As always, the blues will eventually be forced to drag the rest of you idiots along with us....
* at least as much as you can say any third party runs against anyone, anyway.
It must hurt to have to win elections based on the support of the bottom of the barrel.... I mean... the red states are generally the dumber ones. And poorer. And the way they vote, they ensure that they stay that way. Because they're dumb.
I used to be violently agitated by the fact that a bunch of idiots - such as yourself - voted an idiot back into the white house.... then it occurred to me that the beautiful side of democracy was the same as its ugly side and, hey, if a bunch of imbeciles want to vote, it's only fair that they be represented by an imbecile just as cognitively impaired as they are.
I now feel much better knowing that I'm a member of the waning minority of intelligent people who still actually vote because they bothered to pay some attention to the issues, not because their church pastor told them that if they didn't vote for George W. The A-rab Slayer they'd all go to hell and get fucked in the ass by all those damnable fags.
But, hey, there were plenty of reasons to vote against Kerry. After all, the son of a bitch only voted to pass the ORIGINAL troop support bill that also *gasp* helped pay for itself. You know the one - the one the republicans WENT FIRMLY AGAINST. And, you know, despite the fact that the only person who's ever said it is John "Mussolini" Aschroft, OBL and KJI supported Kerry (let's just conviently forget that the only candidate to get an endorsement from a ter'rist organization was Bush). And, of course, I understand that at 21 some people "lost a lot of good neighbors in Vietnam". Oh... and let's not forget how important it is to vote against the Europeans - who can't vote anyway. Right, buddy?
Yup. Lots of good, intelligent reasons there.... yesiree.
Sooo... basically what we're getting at here... is that you don't feel violated enough to not obtain the game... so you're either going to buy it and support Valve... or, if you're supporting the idiot at the top of the thread... steal it and support Valve's future attempts at locking people out of their games.
Yes. Of course, that makes perfect sense.
And, incidentally, being acerbic and thrashing wanton stupidity with extreme prejudice doesn't make me a dumbass, it makes me an asshole. You should remember that subtle terminology difference for future disputes.
Despite the fact that Asia is notorious for being a den of thieves when it comes to software, I'd bet that Microsoft can lean on enough people who can lean on the right people over in Asia to crack down.
And well they should. If the patents are bullshit then the lawsuits will put them permanently six feet under and if they're legit then Linux can fix itself for the future. Wah wah. Patents are coming. Boo hoo.
Congratulations - you just compared the criminal act of escaping slavery to the criminal act of stealing a video game.
Please go look up the meaning of "context" followed by the meaning of "moron". Apply the latter definition to yourself and the former to the post you originally replied to.
No, it just means you're an idiot. An idiot with an extreme superiority complex.
I have a better idea. Since you've irritated me, why don't you give me your address and I'll just steal your TV since you seem to think criminal activity is a valid way of expressing your discontent with something.
Hmm.... three people say you're a moron... and you're the common denominator... what might that suggest?
It's called capitalism you clueless fuck. You hurt companies by buying from competitors or not buying at all. Stealing is what encouraged this bullshit in the first place.
You know, if you'd have kept your mouth shut after you noticed the mistake you probably could've tricked a couple of people into agreeing with you when they started hunting for the numbers.
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You didn't answer my question - are you suggesting that some liberty to break the law is infringed here?
Idiot mods. It's the same old "i'm going to use my own personal moral ideals to try and justify my behavior in the larger context of a society" argument. That's not insightful, it's been said by childish dolts like the parent poster a million times before to justify their illegitimate behavior. This stupid "view" of things is especially prevelant in threads where numbskulls use it to try and justify the fact that they steal games/movies/music/whatever.
Fucking idiot mods need to go look up the definition of "insightful".
Liberties? It's a liberty to break the law now, is it?
No, you haven't. Stop trolling.
So, your theory here is that laws are relative and that this has not been taken into consideration by the people in charge.
Which makes the laws bogus.
Which means you should lobby to get the laws fixed.
Which is an entirely different problem than what's being discussed here.
Um. No. You attempted to point to the Boston Tea Party as backing for your position that stealing software is a legitimate way to voice your discontent for a company's business practices. Since the Boston Tea Party's precipitating events were in no way related to your petty theivery, I called bullshit.
You're a common-as-dogshit crook who's too cheap to buy things you want and, when given the opportunity to steal it with impunity, you leap at the offer and then attempt to grasp at ridiculous straws to justify your crooked behavior after the fact. Nothing more.
That would only be an issue for me were I not already avoiding the entire BASIC language like it's the black plague....
I don't think the people involved in the Boston Tea Party were interested in Halo 2, dumbass.
Absolutely. But, that never occurs to the dolts here who whine and bitch and moan about how the musicians are being "ripped off" by the music industry and how writers are "ripped off" by movie studios and blah blah blah.
Correction.
That WAS your password.
It never occurs to people here that signing away your rights is a conscious decision. It's not that the artists signed contracts that made it clear what they could and couldn't do and what they would and wouldn't own and then changed their mind after they got rich, it's that some rich guy ripped them off from the get-go.
Um. You didn't justify anything. In fact, extending your argument to what you're trying to get at, any greivance anyone has against any company could be used to "justify" stealing their products.
Fortunately, nobody important agrees with you.
What's the one in the parent post.... it's very familiar....
That complaint is no more legitimate than one about the baseball stadium being four hours away because you live in a wheat field in the middle of Nebraska. Companies can't be expected to adapt their distribution mediums and locales so that everybody is served on a level playing field. The entire concept is ludicrous. It's never been done in the past, it's not being done now, and there's no reason to start.
You may argue that it's not your fault that you're on a 28.8 connection, and you may be right. However, it's even less Valve's fault so it's not the least bit unfair for anyone to say "tough cookies to you" on the issue.
Wasn't that the blood code for mortal kombat on the Genesis?
You know.... I can still see you when you cover your eyes and I can still hear you when you cover your ears....
Socialists socialists... hmmmm.. socialists.... like.. the... socialist.... party.... that.... kerry.... was.... running.... against*.
Yes, I prefer this New Amerika where we spell it Amerika not because we're a bunch of psychotic feminists but because only the "liberal elitists" would dare do anything like crack open a book. Quick! To the TV, Cletus! We're missing FEAR FACTOR!
Fear not, you'll pay. Your idiot red state supporters can only drive society so far into the ground before it can't go any farther. Then, as usual, it will be the blue states to the rescue because while your buddies were out on the back porch shooting pigeons and swilling cheap beer while they waxed philospohic about the relative merits of each ones sister's performance in bed the other night, the people who actually bother to think for five minutes or more out of the day - which necessarily excludes every stumphumping moron that voted for Bush based on the numerous assinine arguments that were constantly being provided up to and through the election [see above] - was out there doing something useful to keep this shithole of a country from drowning itself.
As always, the blues will eventually be forced to drag the rest of you idiots along with us....
* at least as much as you can say any third party runs against anyone, anyway.
It must hurt to have to win elections based on the support of the bottom of the barrel.... I mean... the red states are generally the dumber ones. And poorer. And the way they vote, they ensure that they stay that way. Because they're dumb.
I used to be violently agitated by the fact that a bunch of idiots - such as yourself - voted an idiot back into the white house.... then it occurred to me that the beautiful side of democracy was the same as its ugly side and, hey, if a bunch of imbeciles want to vote, it's only fair that they be represented by an imbecile just as cognitively impaired as they are.
I now feel much better knowing that I'm a member of the waning minority of intelligent people who still actually vote because they bothered to pay some attention to the issues, not because their church pastor told them that if they didn't vote for George W. The A-rab Slayer they'd all go to hell and get fucked in the ass by all those damnable fags.
But, hey, there were plenty of reasons to vote against Kerry. After all, the son of a bitch only voted to pass the ORIGINAL troop support bill that also *gasp* helped pay for itself. You know the one - the one the republicans WENT FIRMLY AGAINST. And, you know, despite the fact that the only person who's ever said it is John "Mussolini" Aschroft, OBL and KJI supported Kerry (let's just conviently forget that the only candidate to get an endorsement from a ter'rist organization was Bush). And, of course, I understand that at 21 some people "lost a lot of good neighbors in Vietnam". Oh... and let's not forget how important it is to vote against the Europeans - who can't vote anyway. Right, buddy?
Yup. Lots of good, intelligent reasons there.... yesiree.
Sooo... basically what we're getting at here... is that you don't feel violated enough to not obtain the game... so you're either going to buy it and support Valve... or, if you're supporting the idiot at the top of the thread... steal it and support Valve's future attempts at locking people out of their games.
Yes. Of course, that makes perfect sense.
And, incidentally, being acerbic and thrashing wanton stupidity with extreme prejudice doesn't make me a dumbass, it makes me an asshole. You should remember that subtle terminology difference for future disputes.
Wait wait! I think I've got it now!
I'm a dumbass because you don't find Valve's harrassment via Steam enough to stop you from wanting to obtain the game from Valve.
Yes, yes, it all makes sense now. Your conscious decisions make me a dumbass.
Despite the fact that Asia is notorious for being a den of thieves when it comes to software, I'd bet that Microsoft can lean on enough people who can lean on the right people over in Asia to crack down.
And well they should. If the patents are bullshit then the lawsuits will put them permanently six feet under and if they're legit then Linux can fix itself for the future. Wah wah. Patents are coming. Boo hoo.
So, I'm a dumbass because you have reading comprehension problems and skipped right over the "not buying at all" part?
Riiiiiight.
No, *I* can refute YOU in two words:
Justify.
It.
Congratulations - you just compared the criminal act of escaping slavery to the criminal act of stealing a video game.
Please go look up the meaning of "context" followed by the meaning of "moron". Apply the latter definition to yourself and the former to the post you originally replied to.
No, it just means you're an idiot. An idiot with an extreme superiority complex.
I have a better idea. Since you've irritated me, why don't you give me your address and I'll just steal your TV since you seem to think criminal activity is a valid way of expressing your discontent with something.
Hmm.... three people say you're a moron... and you're the common denominator... what might that suggest?
Mod parent -1, Stupid.
It's called capitalism you clueless fuck. You hurt companies by buying from competitors or not buying at all. Stealing is what encouraged this bullshit in the first place.
Stop being an idiot.
You know, if you'd have kept your mouth shut after you noticed the mistake you probably could've tricked a couple of people into agreeing with you when they started hunting for the numbers.