You may have been right, if we had been using a strict and quasi-mathematical way of constructing sentences. Since we're not dissecting formal syllogisms or analysing law, this is not the case.
A lot of people can be greatly offended by someone realizing that they're not a native speaker of the language.
I don't know if you've ever experienced it or not, as you speak very good English. However, being noticed simply for the mistakes one makes (or, orally, for one's accent), gives one the impression that the first thing noticed is not one's message but one's accent and thus nationality. It's quite insulting.
"Pourriel" is very clever, but I've never ever heard it in real French speech. (Note: I've only ever heard "courriel", the official French word for e-mail, very rarely. Usually they just say "e-mail" like we do.) "Spam" in French is called "spam".
I'm an American studying abroad in France. Nobody criticizes me for not speaking French as well as a native. Everyone is amazed by the fact that an American can speak French and are very interested in and welcoming of me. Except for the odd social failure who looks for an excuse to hate everyone and finds a good one in my being a foreigner. But people like that exist everywhere, not just in France.
Also, an American is much less "foreign" in England than in France. Englishmen and Americans speak the same language and have a largely similar culture, which may be why you never felt unwelcome.
As an aside, what in the world does it mean for someone to speak French fluently, "by American standards"?
"American culture consists of muscle cars and fast food" does not mean the same thing as "The United States have no culture".
We do have a culture. The merits of that culture are an entirely different discussion.
By the way, I assume you're a Native American, by your post. It's funny that you'd say "because America came and stomped all of that out". America didn't come to your ancestors, Europe(ans) came to America.
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What the fuck are you talking about?
You are right. They did not steal. Copyright infringement and theft are not the same thing.
However, they did break the law. Copyright infringement is against the law.
Those aren't protected by copyright but by anti-counterfeiting laws.
I have no fucking idea what the point of what you just said is.
You may have been right, if we had been using a strict and quasi-mathematical way of constructing sentences. Since we're not dissecting formal syllogisms or analysing law, this is not the case.
I'm pretty sure serious criminals are not risking their liberty over something that they could download for free via bittorrent anyway.
What the hell is a "voice circuit"?
Which one?
Allowing chess.exe to think on its opponent term is actually a gigantic handicap in its favor. I'm not surprised it won.
Yes, that's exactly what Slashdot is. Go back to 4chan if you don't like it.
I read it in a few seconds too, but came to a different conclusion:
IANAL but I have seen lawyers at work in the field.
You are unreasonably retarded.
... is NOT a developed nation.".
I stopped reading after "The US
I'm actually American :-)
I live in France, though.
And I don't have any idea what "Baka" means, except what I can glean from context.
What the fuck does "Baka" mean?
Putain d'otaku, va...
You get to keep your testicles, eh? Apparently you know little about the phenomenon of screen radiation.
A lot of people can be greatly offended by someone realizing that they're not a native speaker of the language.
I don't know if you've ever experienced it or not, as you speak very good English. However, being noticed simply for the mistakes one makes (or, orally, for one's accent), gives one the impression that the first thing noticed is not one's message but one's accent and thus nationality. It's quite insulting.
French people use it ridiculously often as well, maybe because it's quite easy to quickly type on a French keyboard. ^^ (-- Two keystrokes).
"Pourriel" is very clever, but I've never ever heard it in real French speech. (Note: I've only ever heard "courriel", the official French word for e-mail, very rarely. Usually they just say "e-mail" like we do.) "Spam" in French is called "spam".
N'est-ce pas vrai qu'à un moment vous avez accordé presque 30% de vos voix aux Communistes lors d'une élection présidentielle?
Le communisme ne choque guère les Français.
I guess the real problem is that I couldn't care less if cows feel pain. Humans, yes, maybe some species of monkeys, but not cows. Nor dogs.
I didn't ask if they control politics. I asked if they can vote.
Can corporations vote in elections?
French people are actually many orders or magnitude less patriotic than Americans.
By the way, there is no D in "Les Champs Elysées"
I'm an American studying abroad in France. Nobody criticizes me for not speaking French as well as a native. Everyone is amazed by the fact that an American can speak French and are very interested in and welcoming of me. Except for the odd social failure who looks for an excuse to hate everyone and finds a good one in my being a foreigner. But people like that exist everywhere, not just in France.
Also, an American is much less "foreign" in England than in France. Englishmen and Americans speak the same language and have a largely similar culture, which may be why you never felt unwelcome.
As an aside, what in the world does it mean for someone to speak French fluently, "by American standards"?
"American culture consists of muscle cars and fast food" does not mean the same thing as "The United States have no culture".
We do have a culture. The merits of that culture are an entirely different discussion.
By the way, I assume you're a Native American, by your post. It's funny that you'd say "because America came and stomped all of that out". America didn't come to your ancestors, Europe(ans) came to America.
What exactly is wrong with killing cows for their leather? It's not like cows have feelings.
BTW this post is entirely serious, I'm not trolling.