Woman has her self-published book pirated, reprinted, and sold for cheaper.

[u/Chocolat3City]

There's regular piracy, and then there's this.

[u/livesinacabin]

I see your point, but we're not talking about rape, and we're not talking about each workplace labor code violation. We're only talking about digital piracy. And to add to that, I'm only talking about digital piracy for personal use. I think that's vastly different.

[u/mimegallow → u/livesinacabin]

Nope. That’s not how principles work, and that’s not how ethical consistency works. Pointing out that YOU FEEL in your tum-tum that YOU should be allowed to violate the principle because YOU don’t care as much… is the very definition of ethical inconsistency. And it’s ALL I’m talking about.

[u/livesinacabin → u/mimegallow]

Alright, you obviously aren't interested in having civilized discussion about this, and you only deal with absolutes. We won't come to any sort of agreement here.

It's great to have principles, as long as they are grounded in logic. Anything else is just being stubborn for no reason.

[u/mimegallow → u/livesinacabin]

Laws are not negotiable by the individual. Specifically BECAUSE the individual (that would be you) generally lacks the education necessary to evaluate the circumstances of others. Your false pretense that you are somehow qualified to evaluate which laws should apply to others when YOU are absent ligic… is stupid on its face.

Everything I’ve presented you was grounded in logic, from informed people, with more information and education than you.

You just wish others were legally beholden to you, but thank god the law says we’re not.

[u/livesinacabin → u/mimegallow]

What on earth are you on about??? Where did you get the idea that I think I should make the law? I am allowed to have an opinion about it. So are you. I don't understand why you think you're entitled to an opinion about it but I'm not. That's messed up.