Hollywood's new message: Be good, moral upstanding citizens and quit ripping us off..

[Lancer]

After decades of promoting the self serving, immoral rebel image, Hollywood finds itself the victim of crime on a truly huge scale. People are downloading movies from the internet by the hundreds of thousands, and watching them for free. Immoral? Certainly. It's stealing. Stealing is bad, you recall it's even one of the 'ten commandments'. Anyway, I think Hollywood is reaping as it has sewn.

I just got through watching a Hollywood bigwig on the news explaining how being law abiding is a cornerstone of our civilization. Well I agree. I just never expected to hear such stuff from Hollywood. I've seen big brother hating stars who whine that the law isn't protecting them. Well, it's a law abiding citizenry who create a system by which they are governed. If you undermine the morality of the citizenry as Hollywood has done, don't be too shocked when the self serving buggers rip you off first chance they get.

[mrmitchell]

I'd post a three-page argument on how the concept of intellectual property as a whole is flawed, but my apathy exceeds my caring. Thus:

HOLY WODE SCUKS!!!!!!!!!111

[Lancer]

mrM, I don't wear Apolytonwear because posts don't count in the OT.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
I'd post a three-page argument on how the concept of intellectual property as a whole is flawed,

That'd be a whole lot of twaddle.

[TCO]

Let's napalm their little 90210 babies.

[GePap]

You criminals, you provide nothing, NOTHING, and yet you want to destroy Hollywood!

Think of all the hours of joy they have given you, those poor souless bastards.

[Hot Mustard]

Re: Hollywood's new message: Be good, moral upstanding citizens and quit ripping us o

Originally posted by Lancer
Re: Hollywood's new message: Be good, moral upstanding citizens and quit ripping us off..

Dear Hollywood,

You first.

[Victor Galis]

Well, at least they're not the RIAA.

[mrmitchell]

Yeah. Instead, they're the MPAA. The same thing for a different industry.

[Lancer]

Look at the bright side, at least nobody has asked 'what are the 'ten commandments' of which you speak? Something Kennedy said?

[Nubclear]

Hollywood deserves it. Plain and simple.

VIVA LA REVOLUCION!!!

[red_jon]

Oh, no! You mean those celebrities will be a tiny percentage less wealthy? Good God!

[Victor Galis]

Originally posted by Lancer
Look at the bright side, at least nobody has asked 'what are the 'ten commandments' of which you speak? Something Kennedy said?

Just because someone wrote it in a book doesn't make it true

[Lancer]

"Just because someone wrote it in a book doesn't make it true"

Doesn't mean its crap either.

Hollywood found the moral code when Hollywood needed the moral code. The code is a hell of alot more moral than Hollywood however...

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Victor Galis


Just because someone wrote it in a book doesn't make it true

It is true and it will help guide you through life and help be an upright person.

"Help" I say, because you need Jesus Christ in your life and even then our "Humaness" leads us intto Sin.

Christ paid the price for us so that we have eternity in Heaven.


I know this is a thread about how 1 sin (Hollywood promoting various wrongdoings on film) VS another Sin (the consumer public via internet taking free downloads) so I guess the thinking here is we have no accountability in theft?

kinda like saying..its ok to steal..because someone else did it?

or its ok to steal because someone else had sex outside of marriage?

or its ok to steal because someone did illegal and illicit drugs?

Stealing is wrong and although it may not have the moral impact of murder or rape, it is still theft.

Peace

Grandpa Troll