Author: Don Dailey
Date: 16:42:15 07/22/98
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On July 22, 1998 at 02:57:27, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On July 22, 1998 at 01:05:17, Don Dailey wrote: > >>The point I am making is not whether it is wrong or not, but whether >>it makes sense to view stealing a penny the same as stealing an old >>ladies life savings. I have no doubt whatsover that you will view >>these two things as equal in severity. > >I don't see the issue of severity as being important so much as I am interested >in the attitude of the person doing it. >The theft of a dollar is not a big deal, but the person doing the stealing needs >to take responsibility for having done it. >What I see here is not "I stole a dollar", but rather "There is nothing wrong >with stealing a dollar now and then, because the amount is small", and "It is OK >to steal a dollar, or perhaps more than a dollar, depending upon who you steal >from." > >I trust that you get the idea. Ok, I understand the point you are making here and agree. There is one point I want to make though and I say it with all due respect. I really think that BOTH you and Ferando were caught in the middle on this issue. Once it became personal, first by your blunt post and then by his aggressive counter, the discussion was over as far as I'm concerned. Nothing good could happen after this. I really think it's time for all of us to cool off now. All the points have been made many times and no resolution will occur. >I am concerned about software copying, and I am particularly concerned that >people do consider it to be such a value-neutral thing to do. I am sure there >are people who wouldn't be caught dead stealing from a supermarket, yet will >copy a $300 software package without even blinking. It's not that the person >has no conscience, it's that their conscience never even becomes involved. > >bruce > >PS. I would also like to ask you not to lump me in with Bob, as you did in >another post. His arguments differ from mine, as do his reasons for making them. > I like Bob, but I want to make it clear that his religious and political >framework, which he chooses to discuss upon occasion, and I do not choose to >discuss ever in a computer chess group, is distinct from mine. I will keep this is mind. I percieved long ago that the two of you are not very similar. In this case I felt like you did gang up on Fernando however and why I chose my "pack of dogs" phrasing. I felt like you had him down and then Bob kicked him. I can also be blunt at times but am trying to improve. - Don
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