I, for one, hope that those responsible for sacking who ever is leading this charge will also be sacked.

Now hold on just a minute, I thought the best pirate repellant was a good, old-fashioned lawsuit. Are you telling me the RIAA LIED to me? I am shocked, SHOCKED I say.

How many nukes did you have before WWII?

How many times did you get attacked by a rogue nation since?

Oh.

Hell, I'll bite and take it "to the extreme". If everyone got copies of every artist's work for free then every artist would have a pool of 6 billion potential fans who could donate money to support them (like the patrons of old) or pay for the privilege of seeing the original work/a live production thereof.

... do you believe that artists did not exist before the invention of copyrights? Copyright was meant to *spur* artistic development. It was never, isn't currently, and never will be a REQUIREMENT for it.

No, it's closer to "protection of rights on the Internet" - the copyrights.

Yes, and what great synbolism - "All we see in you is a black guy. But we cool, right G? RESPECT! *terrorist fist-jab*"

Let me grab my spear so I can head out and fight some tanks..

Following your post's startling revlation I have burned my shoes and began a nationwide campaign to make sandals the official footwear.

Wii wees will make wee Wii players cringe.

If she replies that you are -1 Offtopic you know you have a keeper.

I didn't RTFC but I'm going to assume you posted something funny and voice my approval.

I don't know much about math myself but I do know the financial system bailout was for US700G$. As in BILLIONS. 700M is chump change compared to that...

How on Earth this was not modded +5 Funny is beyond me.

Are you saying we should tolerate foreign policy based on acting like wild animals? I thought we had this whole "civilization" thing going...

Not saying Hamas *isn't* acting in very much the same way..but two wrongs never make a right, not even if when you are the world's poster-boy nation for pity.

EVE survives for the same reason Ultima Online initially thrived; completly unrestricted player-player interaction. One can cooperate,incorporate,etc... but also murder,loot, grief, etc to his or her heart's content, something most "pubbie-friendly" games today shy away from (in order to entice the casual gamers)