So you wanted to delete your account, and you did, but it's presumptuous to assume that Facebook is nothing more than banal games from people you barely know.

Being able to see who is attending what events is a really great feature –I often go to events that I wouldn't have known about if not for Facebook. Even more major events like birthdays where I might get a text message about it, having the event sit there in my Facebook until I RSVP is awesome.

Facebook Groups are excellent because if you're involved in some kind of organisation (dance school, protest marches etc), using a Facebook Group means you can help out with co-ordination, have somewhere to link relevant videos and so.

Sure, I don't care about most status updates, but I really enjoy seeing the photos of friends currently overseas and so on. At least for me, Facebook is actually a really useful social tool.

You just made a statement about morality, and then back it up by talking about how you're breaking the law when you're speeding.

Granted, sometimes the law and morality line up (rape is bad!), but sometimes they don't (a 16 year old girl taking a naked photo of herself and sending it to her boyfriend is producing child porn!). There can be no underlying assumption that illegal = immoral.

I think most people here are missing the point about why there are so many pirates.

As a non-jail broken iPhone owner, I'd say 80% of the apps I get on the iTunes store are free. Sure I've paid a few bucks here and there for things I'll use a lot, but given I'm going to get bored of whatever game it is in 2-seconds flat, I can't even justify the few dollars. In this case, I wouldn't buy the game that is used in this example.

But make it free, and now there's no reason NOT to download it.