"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
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Everyone's a hypocrite. The only difference is in degree.

Then why bother using the word at all? By your definition, you might as
well have called me "a human being". Your intent was clearly pejorative,
and in that respect, I'm not nearly the hypocrite you are accusing me of.
Certainly, I have done none of the hypocritical acts you accuse me of.

Am I a thief because I've downloaded a few dozen songs from the internet
from people who are making them available to me? In your eyes, perhaps.
I
sleep comfortably, though, and can look in the mirror without flinching.

Rationalization is certainly a useful thing, I admit. You are still a
thief.

Ohhh-kay, I'll explain it to ya', Pete. Listen up 'cause I won't repeat
it:
I brought up the spitting on the sidewalk thing because I am not a "thief"
for downloading a few songs any more than I am a felon because I spit on
the
sidewalk

You're a thief and a felon. So what? Like I said, it's not like that's
some sort of newsflash.

(which is against the law in my city). There is a difference in
degree that cannot be dismissed by hypocrites like you.

As opposed to hypocrites like you? You keep using that word, as if it means
something, and yet you claim it means nothing. Why do you keep using it?

Someone who downloads gig's of songs and never buys a CD? He's a thief.
Someone who wants a sampling of a few "flying" songs and chooses not to
buy
every single CD and downloads them for free? He's an aviation enthusiast
and nothing more.

So if I take a single piece of gum from the display at the local 7-11
without paying for it, I'm not a thief, because I did not exceed your
arbitrary "minimum damage" criteria? All I was doing was seeing whether I'd
like that kind of gum, after all.

Very convenient for you, at least with respect to your sleeping at night.
You are, however, still a thief in most people's eyes, even if not your own.
Certainly in the law's eyes (which is all that really matters) you are a
thief.

Pete