Kenneth Lay stole US$7 trillion from Enron and he gets off scott free WITH the money while the employees have all lose their pensions. But the poor guy who shares a file ends in jail.
Dyncorp sells children for sex in the Balcans, but thanks to their friend Rumsfeld, they get off scott free. But the guy in Colorado who loads a plate of salad at a salad bar at a Chuck E. Cheese gets beaten up by the police.
Holy. I can't believe this. O well, if I shoplift and knife someone, I'll get less time in prison. This shows how much a corporate-pandering administration the Bush government is. And it's the truth:/ No sane government would pass laws that favour a company's sucess over the enviroment (the failing to sign the Kyoto treaty being one example).
The truth is, filesharers are easier to catch and less risky.
Actually if you shoplifted and stab someone in the state of Ohio you would like get a maximum of 8 years (3 max for shoplifting and 8 max for the stabbing) unless the stabbing victim died in which case you would likely see a minimum of 3 years and a maximum of 20 years (if it was a random stabbing otherwise you may get life or death).
(not that) Innocent guy gets convicted, while mass-murderer-or-worse gets free.
Yeah, so? That doesn't speak in favor of the guy who shares files. It speaks against the people who allowed the mass-murderer-or-worse to get free.
If you consider that the penalties for file sharing are unfair, SAY SO, but don't compare with the evil guy etc etc. If you consider that it is your right to share files because you're protesting against the RIAA monopoly who's feeding on our taxes, then say so.
But don't mix things,
Seen on a button at an SF Convention:
Veteran of the Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force. 1990-1951.
Priorities in the Post 9/11 World (Score:0, Troll)
Loading salad [mithuro.com] at a restaurant before paying is a crime.
But Selling children for sex [insightmag.com] isn't.
I feel so glad that Bush is the President of US in this Post 9/11 world.
The facts (Score:3, Informative)
Kenneth Lay stole US$7 trillion from Enron and he gets off scott free WITH the money while the employees have all lose their pensions. But the poor guy who shares a file ends in jail.
Dyncorp sells children for sex in the Balcans, but thanks to their friend Rumsfeld, they get off scott free. But the guy in Colorado who loads a plate of salad at a salad bar at a Chuck E. Cheese gets beaten up by the police.
These are facts.
Re:The facts (Score:1)
Re:The facts (Score:1)
Typical straw man... (Score:3, Insightful)
Yeah, so? That doesn't speak in favor of the guy who shares files. It speaks against the people who allowed the mass-murderer-or-worse to get free.
If you consider that the penalties for file sharing are unfair, SAY SO, but don't compare with the evil guy etc etc.
If you consider that it is your right to share files because you're protesting against the RIAA monopoly who's feeding on our taxes, then say so.
But don't mix things,