Random Thoughts Thread

[brunoafh]

Waiting for what? If it hasn't been released in the US by now, it's probably not going to be. No disrespect, but you need to get over this, seriously. People pirate stuff. It's a fact of life these days, it's not a big deal and it's not going to stop anytime soon.

The real problem here is that SamuraiMegas isn't just using torrents like every other sane human being.

After that, the problem is how annoying you are with the "I pirate stuff, and it's okay!" spam. If you pirate stuff that's fine, but you're really obnoxious about it and no one here cares about whatever justification you've found for yourself on the issue. Especially not when you manage to shoehorn it in to like every thread you post in.

[Retrodude]

Fair enough, but people who get on a high horse and pretend they're more moral than the rest of us can be just as annoying, wouldn't you say?

[AppleQueso]

Waiting for what? If it hasn't been released in the US by now, it's probably not going to be.

Really now?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Attorney_(film)

Miike has stated there are plans for an international release with both dubbing and subtitles available for each specific region.[4]

The movie only came out last year, they're probably just waiting to finish up the international release before putting it out in the US. Foreign films can sometimes take a while to get proper domestic releases.

[dsheinem]

Fair enough, but people who get on a high horse and pretend they're more moral than the rest of us can be just as annoying, wouldn't you say?

The difference is that people don't post to brag about other questionably legal/immoral activities, or don't do so without knowing they may catch some flack for it. If you boast about doing something in a public forum that isn't seen to be ethical by everyone in that community, what the fuck do you expect to happen in response?

[prfsnl_gmr]

The only justifications for piracy that I have seen on this forum are:
(1) I want something, but I do not want to pay for it; and
(2) I want something, but I do not want to wait for it.

Neither of these are particularly compelling justifications, and the fact that many people engage in piracy does not make it a morally acceptable activity.

Let's face it, certain member of our forum...

...enjoy stealing.
It's just as simple as that.
Well, it's a simple fact.
When [they] want something...and [they] don't want to pay for it.

[They click] right [to] the [torrent]
[click]...right...[to]...the [torrent]
Hey all right! If [they] get by...it's [theirs]
[Theirs] all [theirs]! Lets go!

[SamuraiMegas]

Torrents don't work for me and I will be buying the movie if/when it releases in America. I didn't know there was plans for it to release here, they had before said it was Japan only.

[Erik_Twice]

Fair enough, but people who get on a high horse and pretend they're more moral than the rest of us can be just as annoying, wouldn't you say?

Yeah, I'm just using someone's property without his permission, what's wrong with it?

[Retrodude]

The only justifications for piracy that I have seen on this forum are:
(1) I want something, but I do not want to pay for it; and
(2) I want something, but I do not want to wait for it.

Neither of these are particularly compelling justifications, and the fact that many people engage in piracy does not make it a morally acceptable activity.

Let's face it, certain member of our forum...

...enjoy stealing.
It's just as simple as that.
Well, it's a simple fact.
When [they] want something...and [they] don't want to pay for it.

[They click] right [to] the [torrent]
[click]...right...[to]...the [torrent]
Hey all right! If [they] get by...it's [theirs]
[Theirs] all [theirs]! Lets go!

You must have missed my multiple posts where I said that A)if I download something that's available for sale, I do eventually purchase it most of the time because I want to support the things I like, and B)most of the stuff I download isn't available for sale, and some of it might never be due to a number of factors, so I couldn't purchase it if I wanted to. In the latter case, what would you have me do, huh? What's your "moral" solution to that?

Seriously, I agree with you that people who download everything and never pay for anything are not cool, but most people aren't like that and saying that we are is extremely insulting. Without pirates, there's quite a few things that likely would be lost forever, so lumping all forms of piracy together is, at best, an oversimplification and shows that you're not seeing the bigger picture.

[Luke]

If I'm riding high on a moral high horse for not being a thief, then giddy up!

I'd stop posting on the subject Retrodude, you're really not looking good. You're coming off as a blatant entitled brat that steals with your reason being "But I want it". No one cares if you sometimes end up buying what you stole and no one cares that you steal things that haven't been released in the States yet.

[SamuraiMegas]

...I didn't know there was plans for a US release, at the film festival where I first viewed it they said that it was probably not coming stateside..

And I already said I will be purchasing the movie if/when it comes out. As long as it's reasonably priced at least.