Ka-pi96 said:
Difficult question. Legalling speaking it is, and absolutely should be. Morally though I'd say there's a bit of a grey area when it comes to things needed to survive. As I said earlier in the thread I still don't think it's justifiable, but I do think it's understandable. People still shouldn't do it, and there should still be punishment for those that do, but there should also be sympathy and some degree of leniency depending on the circumstances. |
Well, I'm not arguing the legality of it: of course it's going to be illegal when the core principles of modern states is to enforce and maintain property rights and the current order. However, a starving person who steals a loaf of bread being punished is horrible. Now, where does that come in with gaming? Many people around the world are too poor to afford games, so piracy is their only outlet. Now, you say that it is not needed, but people need something cope with life. You yourself say that you ignore most politics because it's too depressing, and you obviously use video games as an outlet to enjoy life, so why should others not be able to because they were born into poverty?
