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^ Still mad

a little bit of piracy wont hurt anybody...unless you get caught! I also believe you should've bought a flashcard instead of any game but i'm just tired of saying that over

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It hurts the producers of the game, who created a perfectly good product with the expectation of earning an honest profit.

And it hurts everyone who has to put up with this DRM crap built into everything because of a few childish asshats who think they're entitled to get everything for free.

Closely linked is the reason these same people always seem to despise those who have the skill to do more with less, rather than just shoplifting to make up the difference. Or people who think in broader terms than "What I Want Right Now".

Aestu of Bleeding Hollow...

Nihilism is a copout.

Edit: ^ RAGING

So now companies trying to make a profit is okay?

He said honest, and I also don't think he's ever said it wasn't "okay" for companies to make a profit.

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When they produce luxury items in a highly competitive market full of alternatives, why wouldn't it be okay?

It only stops being okay when things like phone companies (totally uncompetitive, life-and-business necessity with maximum of two alternatives) do it.

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If we are to entertain your presumption that I had ever changed my mind, when and why do you believe it changed?

Or do you think that I have believed the same thing all along; if so, why do I react differently here?

Aestu of Bleeding Hollow...

Nihilism is a copout.

I'm looking for you to explain when it is, and is not okay for a company to make a profit. I feel like in the past from reading what you've written you've been very against some companies/people making profits on their investments. Your criticism of the free market, and insistence on intense regulation left me thinking you were anti-profit/anti-investor/anti-entrepreneurship (since all of these things are driven by profit motives). I guess this is not the case and I misunderstood. In that case, please clarify:

What exactly needs to happen for a company to make a profit "honestly"? Tuhl gave an example, do you have more to clarify the distinction?

What industries is it okay to be profitable in, and what industries is it not okay to be profitable in?

Do you have a specific % of profit that is acceptable for a company to make? For example, if a company has a 50% profit margin, is that okay? Is 20% better? What if it were 70%

Most so-called "profit" does not involve investment. Corporate raiding, exploitation of people, natural resources, existing infrastructure and public programs is not "investment" whether or not money changes hands.

"Investment" means growing capital. Capital means tangible assets, not the cash that represents assets. Buying a company for $1B just to run it into the ground and cash out for twice the cost of acquisition is not "investment". Earning a billion bucks exploiting Chinese peasants, fouling up Nigeria, or screwing with the American economy is not "investment".



Create safe and reliable products that people want and need, and market them in good faith.



1. Does it provide a service people want and/or need?
2. Is it safe and reliable?
3. Is the product offered in good faith?
4. Is it economically and environmentally sustainable?
5. Is it without social, moral, environmental or other externalities?
6. Does it not result in a dangerous accumulation of non-accountable power by private interests?
7. Is the product reasonably available to everyone who needs it to be a participant in mainstream society?
8. Is the wealth derived from the product the result of the energy and creativity of the founders, and not natural or public resources?
9. Is the world better off with it on the market?



No. I don't buy the Quaker notion of "fair value".

Are my answers satisfactory? If not, why?
If so, what flaw do you see in my overall philosophy?
If none, then what is your reason for disagreeing?

Aestu of Bleeding Hollow...

Nihilism is a copout.

The same way you play TF2 on an Xbox.

Poorly.

RETIRED.
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Is it a DS/DSlite or is it a DSi? If the former, pokemon is really awesome because you can still play gen 3 games (ruby, sapphire, emerald, fire red, leaf green) and directly transfer pokemon to a gen 4 game

[✔] [item]Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker[/item] (Three)
[✔] [item]Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros[/item] (Two)
[✔] [item]32837[/item] & [item]32838[/item]
[✔] [item]Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury[/item]
[✔] [item]46017[/item]
[✔] [item]49623[/item] (Two)
[✔] [item]71086[/item]

It's a DS. That's a cool function, but unfortunately I can't benefit from that feature, as the last Pokemon game I played was pokemon Red for the gameboy

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