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A. Download an out of print album from Usenet.
B. Record a television program with a dvr and skip the commercials.
C. Cable f's up during a favorite television program - go find a
torrent and download it.
D. Download an album you know you'd never buy out of morbid curiosity
(Chris Cornell with Timbaland)
F. Play a Shoutcast stream at a party.
There are some who believe we MUST put every portion of a cent someone
might be owed into his pocket no matter how many hoops we must go
through to get it there. That is a supportable argument, but there is
another side to it.
Where would the world be if we all individuals demanded everything WE
are owed?
I got rear-ended by a wealthy man just yesterday. He was very apologetic
and offered me not only his insurance and business information (senior
VP at a financial firm most would have heard of), but his personal cell
number as well. However, there is no apparent damage to my $8k car.
Nevertheless, I feel I have a moral and legal right to be a pest about
it: to force him or his insurance company to paint the tiny scratches on
my bumper and send me to the hospital for x-rays.
But I won't be a pest about it. In turn, I'll do what I can to prevent
others from pestering me about dumb shit. Life's too short, and there
has to be SOME limit to what others "owe" me and I "owe" them for every
TINY liberty we take with one another.
-Shay
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