Limn said:
My bad, but still like I said I felt like buyin a CD and Id heard a lot of good shit about DOOM so I figured why not.
and there is nothing wrong about that. on the contrary.. lol.
haunted said:
He clearly said download before you buy. Not download and dont buy.
and we all know what a good excuse that is. people get flamed for being cheap, so as a means to seem erm.. "non-cheap" lol, people say "oh yeah i'm gonna buy it but i download first.
anyway, to take some of the attention away from Lok, i'll say that my comment was more a general one. although i singled him out, the general opinion that "i'll rather download it than buy it - hey, it's free!" is reflected in oh too many people. downloading is like taking steroids. a shortcut because you're too weak to go the whole route the old fashioned way. downloading is a privilege that we have taken, not one that we have been given. it defies thousands of years of trading rules and morals. it defies what has become trade logic. you want something, so you give the person who is offering it to you something he wants in return. most often, that something he wants is something you also want. cut short, you sacrifice one thing you like for something else that you like/need. downloading is theft, no matter how you twist and turn it.