Birthdate: February 3rd, 1988 (21 years old)
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I'm an Irish theoretical physics student with interests in theology, philosophy, politics, (ancient) history, music and, er, science.
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lampishthing Member Profile  Real Name: Harold Moyes Birthdate: February 3rd, 1988 (21 years old) Bio: Member Since: 2009-03-22 Last Power Points used: 2009-06-03 • Available: now Max Power Points: 1 • Get More Power Points Now Comments 1 |
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alcohol is not a drug. drugs are drugs. plants are plants.
ps - your book doesnt mean shit to anyone but you. thanks for stopping by.
In reply to this comment by lampishthing:
Alcohol not a drug, really?
It intoxicates - that's enough to qualify it as a drug in my book.
Not to mention the impaired judgement, loss of inhibition, bleary eyesight, puking and passing out
In reply to this comment by joel_eb:
drugs? are you retarded? that liquid is called "ALCOHOL"!
In reply to this comment by lampishthing:
You may have won this time but I'll have my revenge!!!
^queue slinking away music...^
In reply to this comment by lampishthing:
Hey! I just saw this! That is such bull schmawy! And take that hat off
In reply to this comment by schmawy:
* wtf
* art
* sports
* dance
In reply to this comment by lampishthing:
So would it be fair to summarise your argument as: "There's no room for an anarchic mini-economy inside a capitalist super-economy"?
In reply to this comment by spoco2:
Having just said what I did above... I've always been torn about filesharing in general and people trying to justify doing it.
I do it... but I know it's wrong really.
If I download music or a movie and I enjoy it, how is it right that I not be giving the artist compensation for that work?
Most people who copy stuff will say 'Yeah, but the artist doesn't get much anyway, it's the evil record/movie companies that get most of the money, so fuck them'.
Except that doesn't solve the problem does it? Just because you don't like the corporations, not getting any money to the artist doesn't solve a thing.
Other people say 'music/information should be free man'. Um... ok, but then how do those who make said music or information make a living? Hmmm, if they're not paid for the thing they spend time creating and others do enjoy consuming... how are they supposed to make money?
And if you say 'well, they should tour and make money that way', then get stuffed. I KNOW they CAN make money that way, and do, but there are those who produce music in ways that don't translate to live shows, and then it only works for those that are in the areas where the acts do tour. So you're saying it's ok for those outside those areas to consume the music for free and not give the artist anything just because they live in some area that bands don't tour? Riiight.
Definitely there's arguments for using filesharing better than it is, definitely there are arguments for throwing god awful DRM out the window, definitely there are arguments for looking at different ways of delivering music and movies to people, but just saying to all 'have at it' is not the answer either.
If you think you're entitled to music and movies and books for free (not lent, but to keep), and that the creators of those works deserve no compensation for their work, then you're a fool.
If you can think up a way to make everyone happy in this debate... then you're a genius!
In reply to this comment by lampishthing:
Now I... I dunno, not having been there and not having seen all the facts, what role race played in that - but I think it's fair to say:
1. Any of us would be pretty angry
2. That the St. Louis police acted pretty stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own town hall.
In reply to this comment by lampishthing:
Just wanted to say that I read the original post on the Attenborough video and upvoted it. I don't actually agree with some of your points but mostly that comes down to my own personal beliefs and disputable logic (as all "logic" is in these discussions!). Mainly, I just want to commend you for speaking your mind. You're right, videosift has a very strong antitheistic base and unfortunately most of the people who do voice religious views (mainly Christian) do not voice them well and get crude before too long under the pressure of patronising, conceited atheists.
Thank you for posting a theistic view worth reading and I hope you continue to do so.