Is it okay to Pirate games?

[VGPolyglot]

contestgamer said:

VGPolyglot said:

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?

Why are you stating that like its some sort of self evident fact or something? It's not terrible, it's understandable they would steal and it's equally understandable that they would be punished.

It's understandable, yes, but that doesn't exclude it from being terrible.