On 6/1/05 11:53 PM, Scott Slaugh wrote:
Might I point out that the entire generation of which you speak is not entirely made up of those who see nothing wrong with file sharing and lack the same ethical perspective as does your generation.
Apologies -- I didn't mean to imply that the whole group was bad. You are clearly one of the good guys, and I know there are others. I hope I am never guilty of sterotyping an entire group.
I only meant to point out that file sharing is largely seen these days as a much more acceptable behavior than ever before, and younger people have not grown up in a time when it was as roundly condemned as it was in the past. Even those who are solidly against piracy (including people of all generations) have probably swiped a music file or two without a second thought. In this sense, I agree that times are changing. I am not saying piracy is right (I am strongly against it,) only that public opinion is not as harsh as it may have been in the past. And the pre-teeners have never known values that were any different. They are too young.
Out of wedlock pregnancy used to be so condemned that girls were whisked away to live with mythical "aunts" out of town and hidden behind a veil of secrecy. Now it is not only accepted, but commonplace. Times do change. Doesn't make it necessarily right, but public opinion is never static.
I do congratulate you for being honest -- it gives me hope. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
