The Double-Dip Mentality

[eppie]

eppie, they happen to have the law on their side.  Consider how important law is to you, to your community, to your country, to the international community.

The law also allows dead penalty in certain states in the US. But that does not mean I have to agree with it. Laws can change, and especially with this discussion which is fed by new techniques, I can imagine people try to test the law and maybe eventually will force a change.

Why do you make the presumption that he doesn't?  You reply is tangential to the point and a red herring.  Where do you get off assuming undesirable or heartless traits in someone you disagree with on a particular topic?  That sort of illogic is called "the reverse halo effect" and it leads to errors in judgment.  Trust me on that one, I've walked a mile or two in that pair of manure encrusted boots.  ;)  Heck, you've seen part of that hike. 

I don't, it was a sentence which I put there to stress my view on defending the music industry. I don't know much about Pete other than that he is a well-respected member of the lounge, I think he is a wise person, and I often agree with him.
(I didn't know my posts on the lounge were getting refereed nowadays :D )

No.  Pete is suggesting that consumers use their brains, not get sucked in by hype, and defeat the evil conglomerates by not acting like a sheep.  Or, one can blissfully wander through life in the Gumpesque mode, demonstrating that "stupid is as stupid does."  The choice is in the hands of the consumer.

I will not react on this one here. (see previous thread about copying music)

Yes, and fools get milked, right along with goats and cattle.  They smell about the same.  I direct your attention to PT Barnum: "There is a sucker born every minute, and two to take him." 

Sorry for not only thinking about myself.