This is what happens when a tech forum discusses piracy. Saved for historical record.

cdawall · Mar 3, 2011

ok jist of the thread and

garyinhere · Mar 3, 2011

Easy Rhino said:
a civil society bases its laws on morality and ethics. just about every first world country attains to this basic axoim passed down to us by thinkers like plato and socrates.

that was a culture that was based on having sex with boys and is now dead...

n-ster said:
MORALS MAKE LAWS. IN SOME COUNTRIES, IT USED TO BE OK TO KILL A WOMEN CAUSE YOU SUSPECTED SHE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR. why? It was morally correct, therefore the law accepted that

The Morals your talking about is based on religion... Which religion is correct again?

Easy Rhino · Mar 3, 2011

garyinhere said:
that was a culture that was based on having sex with boys and is now dead...

what? i didnt say there is a defined morality. and i know you are trolling but laws are what a society agrees to be moral and ethical.

alexsubri · Mar 3, 2011

garyinhere · Mar 3, 2011

n-ster said:
MORALS MAKE LAWS. IN SOME COUNTRIES, IT USED TO BE OK TO KILL A WOMEN CAUSE YOU SUSPECTED SHE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR. why? It was morally correct, therefore the law accepted that

The Morals your talking about is based on religion... Which religion is correct again?

Easy Rhino · Mar 3, 2011

OMGROFL PIRACY WINS OMG LEEETKJDSLKFSJ LJDFLJDFLKJSFDLJSDFLJ :nutkick:

Benetanegia · Mar 3, 2011

garyinhere said:
The Morals your talking about is based on religion... Which religion is correct again?

It's more like religions are a way to impose morals to the masses without the need to justify them.

TheMailMan78 · Mar 3, 2011

Save the planet! Steal some shit!

Easy Rhino · Mar 3, 2011

leet warez room, yo :pimp:

erocker · Mar 3, 2011

Benetanegia said:
It's more like religions are a way to impose morals to the masses without the need to justify them.

True, but a lot of morals that religion "preach" or whatever has to do with a reason. Along the lines of "Don't do this" why? "It hurts this, that or this person" kind of stuff.

JrRacinFan · Mar 3, 2011

My take on it: Always will have piracy no matter what.

A pirate will always be a pirate and where there's a pirate there is the honest (^refer to morals above) consumer.

But to be on the "devil's advocate" role, there is no license needed to run a no disc crack correct? So there needs to be a better definition of piracy.

Kreij · Mar 3, 2011

Once again we will never get out of this debate with any consensus.
I'm going to go play Minecraft on the TPU server, which is more interesting that rehashing this again ... and again ... and again ... and again.

FordGT90Concept · Mar 3, 2011

Easy Rhino said:
http://cdn.pwnage.ro/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/warez-room-wins.jpg

leet warez room, yo

Bet that's in China. :X

Easy Rhino · Mar 3, 2011

savvy?

erocker · Mar 3, 2011

Kreij said:
Once again we will never get out of this debate with any consensus.

I couldn't agree more. Sooooooo.....

Yarrrrrr! http://cristgaming.com/pirate.swf

Everyone sing and dance! :rockout:

Honestly, even though this is a "serious" discussion, it's allright to be lighthearted about it. No reason to go after each other's necks about it.

TheMailMan78 · Mar 3, 2011

Easy Rhino said:
savvy?

http://a.onionstatic.com/images/articles/article/29424/johnny_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg

Not so savvy

n-ster · Mar 3, 2011

garyinhere said:
The Morals your talking about is based on religion... Which religion is correct again?

This is simple ignorance. It was not based on religion at all. For example, the example I gave you came from a third-world Muslim country. However, Islam promotes equality etc etc. Hell, in my religion (a small sect of Islam), women are arguably more important then men (because factually speaking, they have a bigger impact on the children), violence is not tolerated, and we are taught to help everyone in need.

Easy Rhino · Mar 3, 2011

yarrr i be coming aboard ye ship to steal ye warez :pimp:

garyinhere · Mar 3, 2011

Easy Rhino said:
savvy?

http://a.onionstatic.com/images/articles/article/29424/johnny_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg

i see your pirate and raise you this one!

JrRacinFan · Mar 3, 2011

IBTL, getting out of hand.

alexsubri · Mar 3, 2011

garyinhere · Mar 3, 2011

I wish i could quite you MailMan

TheMailMan78 · Mar 3, 2011

garyinhere said:
I wish i could quite you MailMan

Spit on it first

n-ster · Mar 3, 2011

JrRacinFan said:
IBTL, getting out of hand.

lol even mods are contributing to the fail of this thread :roll:

TheMailMan78 · Mar 3, 2011

Easy Rhino said:
yarrr i be coming aboard ye ship to steal ye warez

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E-QOnTGFX_o/S7IYTptdb7I/AAAAAAAAJcE/1XXZqmXNGuc/s1600/Trinkat3.jpg

You aint finna steal my warz!

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