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"Saul Luizaga" <sau### [at] netscape net> wrote in message
news:493a882f@news.povray.org...
> somebody wrote:
> > "Saul Luizaga" <sau### [at] netscape net> wrote
> > Truth be told, I really cannot imagine a circumstance under which not
> > pirating Haskell books would cause suffering for me, but I'm ready to
take
> > your word for it.
[...]
> miserable job. So, the sacrifice would be stop eating, transporting to
> my job or not having electricity, land phone or water or Internet to pay
> any software. I have no social life coz I can't pay for it. Fair enough
> for u? or I need to be more miserable to fit ur conscience criteria?
I don't remember saying stealing is OK so long as you are poor and
miserable. In fact, I think abiding by ethical principles only when
convenient is, well, not really much of a virtue, but that's just me. You
are entitled to your own philosophy.
> I'm asking this rhetorically, as I said my conscience is at peace.
Ah, then I'm answering rhetorically as well.
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