Well, what do you do if the person you find and attempt to reason with, reasons right back at you with interesting arguments why piracy is not wrong and so forth? What do you do next?
The "theft" is only used as something that wasn't done by the defendant, nor facilitated to the user, but a completely different third party.
Basically it's saying "I steal something, put it on display, you go to jail for reading it, and the company that makes your eyeglasses goes to jail for helping you."
"my books are on e books. People tell me they love books for their tactile quality and their smell. I do not write to be sniffed. If I did want people sniffing my products I would be a florist"
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The question was, what does he do next after the "kind approach" fails and the subject answers back with his own opposite opinion.
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The moon landing? Anchorage? I know, it's a rectangle!
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This is just Karate Mike trying to sell us his Karate-Apologist chopping blocks.
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Cheap shot 4: "The only cheap shot is that you don't hold everyone to the same standards."
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That's why once a year or so I go for a McRodent, even tho every other alternative is superior.
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Basically it's saying "I steal something, put it on display, you go to jail for reading it, and the company that makes your eyeglasses goes to jail for helping you."
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Does whatever a paid shill can
Spins a tale, any time
Munching crap, just like flies
Look out! Here comes paywall man...
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As usual, Pirate Mike is making Pirate Tim... er, Pirate Leigh write stuff about stuff, confusedly to confuse us. And paywalls. And shoveling poop!
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"my books are on e books. People tell me they love books for their tactile quality and their smell. I do not write to be sniffed. If I did want people sniffing my products I would be a florist"
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No nononoooo... a car is a car, and red is red!
How can you confuse a noun with an adjective! TROLOLOL!
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