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Originally Posted by Grok View Post
I guess that means if you've driven drunk and killed someone in an accident while drunk, you would have "no right to ram your dubious morals down anyone's throat" by trying advise someone else not to drive while drunk.
You confuse advice to moral high ground. It is OK to serve as an example to others, is cought and punished. But if you ram people while drunk on a daily basis, no preaching.

Originally Posted by geohsia View Post
Interesting fact, there is enough food in the world today so that everyone can get 3 square meals and be healthy. There is no need for replicators, simply a redistribution / sharing of resources.
Interesting fact: Hauling it half way across the globe before it spoils is prohibitive. Check your facts.

It sounds cool, and it gives people hope that there's enough food. There is no way to get it where it's needed. Thus, useless, and with countries throwing food and others starving.

From the same edition of agitator weekly, did yo know that the sun offers more than we need? It's just a matter of capturing it. Same problem. Prohibitive.

But it's easier if we have someone to blame. Damn (country here), they throw food and (country) starves.

Originally Posted by geohsia View Post
Would you say an ex-alcoholic can't tell a current alcoholic not to drink? An ex-drug user can't tell a current drug user that they should avoid drugs?
Disagree. You can't compare a DVD with an addiction.

See above. It's like an uncought, bag full of loot, retired thief preaching honesty.

Just because one no longer steals doesn't mean it's aaaaalll better. One either has moral high ground or not.

Yes it's good advice and, of course, one is free to declare theft wrong, freedom of speech and all. One, however, should be prepared to be pointed back to a time when one ignored one's own advice.

My English is rusty. What is that word for people who preach but don't practice? The nature of the excuse is irellevant.

If anything, I was a pioneer for IT in a country ravaged by civil unrest. Back then, there was no law, it was legal to copy and sell whatever you wanted. I never used that as an excuse for piracy.
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