Posted by Matt on 01/01/06 18:05

"Walter R." <wer25@example.com> wrote in message
news:FzUtf.9978$hI1.6833@tornado.socal.rr.com...
> Your argument is compelling. However, you are confusing *stealing* with
> *frugality*.
>
> I would never dream of buying a $ 20 DVD to see a crummy old movie. By
> copying an existing copy, I am not stealing: I am not depriving anyone of
> anything, which would be the essence of stealing. By copying a CD, instead
> of buying one which I would never do, I merely enhance my own standard of
> living without depriving any poor starving artist of anything. Just
> because something is against a stupid law, it is not immoral, as stealing
> would be.
>
> No, I don't want the nice bookshelf with brand new DVDs, as suggested by
> you. I just want the ethereal content of old DVDs.
>
> Ha!
>
Frugality. Another word for thief in this instance.
You are stealing, pure and simple.

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