I am well aware that a post very similar to this, if not identical, has already been posted tens or hundreds of times above. However, I am inclined to add to the tally anyway, just for the sake of numbers.
90% of the music I have downloaded is either:
A. Great music by people currently dead. Needless to say, they're not missing out on anything.
B. Good music by people who make their real money from concerts as opposed to record sales. I don't go to concerts anyway, and I don't pay people for music if they're not either singing or playing an instrument.
C. Shitty music. I don't pay anyone for shitty music.
The point is, people don't care if the music industry falls, chiefly because it's a pretty shitty industry for the most part. What really great, ground-breaking, creative, original music has come out of this industry in the past 10 years anyway? A subjective question nonetheless, I can count two. One was found dead in his house with bullethole in his head and the other was found dead in his apartment with a knife in his chest. Nice!
How do you measure "centrism"? How do you measure bias? Is something still bias even if it's right? Or true? If a report comes out that is critical of the Bush administration, but the criticism is accurate and justified (by fact or common sense or what have you) is that liberal bias? Does being unbiased mean giving credence to both sidess' opinions even when one side's opinion is clearly erronous? The problems are:
1. Religion - According to religion, Faith > Logic. This form of thinking should not exist anymore.
2. Interest (money) - Often a certain stance on an issue is taken out of monetary gain. It will always be monetarily beneficial for an oil industry executive to be pro-oil industry, and for a hollywood studio exec to be anti-anything that could result in an increase in piracy, and for a senator to vote on the side of the lobbyists that are bribing him.
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I am well aware that a post very similar to this, if not identical, has already been posted tens or hundreds of times above. However, I am inclined to add to the tally anyway, just for the sake of numbers. 90% of the music I have downloaded is either: A. Great music by people currently dead. Needless to say, they're not missing out on anything. B. Good music by people who make their real money from concerts as opposed to record sales. I don't go to concerts anyway, and I don't pay people for music if they're not either singing or playing an instrument. C. Shitty music. I don't pay anyone for shitty music. The point is, people don't care if the music industry falls, chiefly because it's a pretty shitty industry for the most part. What really great, ground-breaking, creative, original music has come out of this industry in the past 10 years anyway? A subjective question nonetheless, I can count two. One was found dead in his house with bullethole in his head and the other was found dead in his apartment with a knife in his chest. Nice!
How do you measure "centrism"? How do you measure bias? Is something still bias even if it's right? Or true? If a report comes out that is critical of the Bush administration, but the criticism is accurate and justified (by fact or common sense or what have you) is that liberal bias? Does being unbiased mean giving credence to both sidess' opinions even when one side's opinion is clearly erronous? The problems are: 1. Religion - According to religion, Faith > Logic. This form of thinking should not exist anymore. 2. Interest (money) - Often a certain stance on an issue is taken out of monetary gain. It will always be monetarily beneficial for an oil industry executive to be pro-oil industry, and for a hollywood studio exec to be anti-anything that could result in an increase in piracy, and for a senator to vote on the side of the lobbyists that are bribing him.