  hopeflicker Capitalism breeds greed Premium join:2003-04-03 Long Beach, CA
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Let's just go ahead and "believe" or "have a feeling" because of what we see.
Good thing we dont run our country this way. no, wait... -- Religion does three things quite effectively: Divides people, Controls people, Deludes people. |
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  Dogfather Altitude is your friend Premium join:2007-12-26 Laguna Hills, CA | Yeah, don't use common sense or anything. Deny reality and claim that file-sharing isn't primarily piracy traffic.
It's a shame we don't run the country using more common sense. |
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  tiger72 SexaT duorP Premium join:2001-03-28 Kansas City, MO clubs: | Go with yer gut!
How bout them Dubya Em Dees? |
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| reply to Dogfather said by Dogfather :It's a shame we don't run the country using more common sense. Clearly.
Just because you saw a few sites that have some copyrighted material on them does not mean you can claim that most file sharing is illegal. Just because you do not know of the websites or have only seen one of them that have non-copyrighted material does not mean you can claim that either wise. When you come back with actual research done by a reputable organization using sound research methods (not the "Look, a couple of illegal file sharing sites, all of them must be illegal!" method) I will believe you.
P.S. - Running a search for "legal file sharing" will not give you a list of all legal file sharing sites. Sometimes -- just sometimes -- it takes a bit more than Googling a search term to find what you are looking for. --
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  Dogfather Altitude is your friend Premium join:2007-12-26 Laguna Hills, CA | A few sites? Try all of the most popular ones.
Ever seen an electron? No? I guess by your logic they must not exist. |
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| said by Dogfather :A few sites? Try all of the most popular ones. Does that equate to ALL file sharing? No.
said by Dogfather :Ever seen an electron? No? I guess by your logic they must not exist. Noone really knows for sure, but at least there is enough SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE to show that most-likely they do exist.
What scientific evidence is there that all (or most) file sharing is illegal? A few readily-disproved statistics in a few hardly-scientific newspapers or magazines? A couple of Joes browsing the internet and making claims based on their viewing of less than 0.01% of the internet? --
- "Techie" Jim |
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  Dogfather Altitude is your friend Premium join:2007-12-26 Laguna Hills, CA | Denial isn't just a river in Egypt. |
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  Boogeyman Drive it like you stole it Premium join:2002-12-17 Huntsville, AL | The funny part is, I'd bet around half of the "illegal" content isnt actually the "illegal" file it claims to be. |
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 jsouth Jsouth
join:2000-12-12 Wichita, KS | reply to Dogfather Actually spam is the primary traffic. |
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| reply to Dogfather said by Dogfather :Denial isn't just a river in Egypt. Lets agree to disagree and let the users decide. --
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| reply to Dogfather said by Dogfather :A few sites? Try all of the most popular ones. Ever seen an electron? No? I guess by your logic they must not exist. electrons don't exist. They are an abstract concept used in physics to represent certain observations. The underlying nature of the physical universe is analogue (waves, vbrations, etc..) not bits of matter. -Karl |
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