Re: Downlad The Hulk for FREE!

"Johnnie Kendricks" <> wrote in message
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: On 21 Jun 2003 01:27:38 GMT, Dick Sidbury <>
: wrote:
:
: >Johnnie Kendricks wrote:
: >> On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:06:59 -0400, Dick Sidbury
: >> <> wrote:
: >>
: >>
: >>>
: >>>But by this logic, if a mugger came upon you and demanded money and you
: >>>refused to give it to him and he beat you up but didn't take the money
: >>>he would be ethically OK since no MATERIAL harm came to you.
: >>
: >>
: >> Wrong. Physical injury constitutes material harm.
: >>
: >How do you figure this? By illegally downloading a movie you could be
: >causing mental or emotional injury to the movie makers which should
: >therefore constitute material harm.
:
: First, an individual who logs onto Kazaaa and downloads The Hulk is
: invisible to the producers.
:
: Second, if someone making gobs of cash off of a movie is going to
: spend his time fretting about someone who downloads the film for free,
: he is already in dire need of psychiatric help.
:
: This argument carries no weight at all.
:
: >> Having a copy of a movie downloaded that you worked on by someone who
: >> wouldn't have paid to see it anyway, after you have already made
: >> millions, does not.
: >>
: >No, it causes no financial harm, but as I demonstrated above it could
: >cause material harm according to your method of reasoning.
:
: Wrong. You applied my reasoning improperly to come to an absurd
: conclusion.

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You are beyond help.
One day, maybe, you will progress in your disease to the point that you will be
required to seek some help.
Until then, you are lost.
Have a life.............................................. ........

Richard C.