I'll just prefice this message with a disclaimer that explicity states that this is sarcasm.
In regards to giving up my gaming passion because I can't afford games? I think not. Immoral, perhaps, but it would be absurd to stop playing games because of my financial limitations. You contradict yourself: my gaming passion is not worth working for because if I did work, I'd have very little free time to pursue my hobby. Gaming for an hour or two a day doesn't quite cut it.
Y'know what, my passion is drinking lots and lots of expensive scotch. But y'know what else, I'm a student living on student loans, and as such can't afford to pay for it, so I think I should have the right to walk into a store and just take whatever booze I want. Immoral, perhaps, but it is after all "absurd" to give up my passion because of "financial limitations". After all being under the influence only an hour or two a day, doesn't quite cut it. And y'know what else, I really don't enjoy working for a living, it just cuts into my drinking time, so I think I'll just rely on the social safety net to provide for me. Why should I become a mature contributing member of the society that protects me and provides for my safety and that provides me with the opportunity to become an educated and enlightened human being?
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Side note, I'd be interested in seeing if the people in here who are against software piracy are also equally against music piracy. To me there's no difference, theft is theft, but I've certainly met my share of people who seem to have "relative" morals.
PZ
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Reading: Steve Maguire's "Writing Solid Code"
PZ
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