i didnt say that is what i believe is happening, but i can see it as something that could be going on

doubt that is what he meant, but they could be using the scare tactics to drum up support for this one movie after the fact

correct, i should have clarified as much

dont forget that people generally are not paying full price on that iphone however. if they were forced to, i would wager a lot less iphone ownership

as i said, its up to you how you decide, but the facts remain, there is a creator, in some sense at least

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

i believe in that as well, doesnt mean people can do whatever they want because.... Murca... however

even if you dont believe in a god, there is still a creator, what exactly that is is up to you however

that is the question I am wondering. The cops knew he was here illegally, thats all that should be needed to deport him. period. Why the waste of money and resources on something that should take the department 30 seconds to get immigration to come pick him up??? When I was in german (and i am/look german) I was stopped no less than 10 times in a week for them to check my passport. why is that so hard to do in america???

people have the ability to focus on more than one thing. maintaining our way of life with fuels we know how they work and the infrastructure is in place, while also working on bringing the prices down on renewables.

why does it have to be either or to some people?

lets also ignore the fact that pirates tend to buy more content than non pirates

while legally you might be correct, but logically, its simply wrong.

If I can get something I want, and no one is offering it up to me at a nominal fee, I find nothing wrong with taking a free copy of said item. legally it might be wrong, morally, fuck them for not letting me access something I would gladly pay for if they would let me.

and if the content creator wants to shun an entire region of their content rather than get paid, there is nothing stopping someone from downloading the content, that is not offered legally to them in other ways.

Content owners could have got paid if they didnt do that

in reality, they will do this, and the government will tell them it doesnt go far enough (no matter how far it goes) and take just a little bit more

its not about disliking him or not, its about the clear abuse of slashdot by this one person trying to use the site as their personal blog.

If people want to read his stuff, there is a section in the site under the user name that allows him to write his crap, and his friends to see his crap.

He could actually post useful info, but the abuse is what is turning me off and i would wager many others