[Rictor]

I for one have tons of software pirated, and I know its wrong in theory, but I just don't feel guilty about it. Stealing from Adobe or Microsoft is different than stealing from a Mom and Pop store or a small software company. Call it moral relativism if you want, but I make those decisions on a case-by-case basis. Now if I was actually running a company that was profiting from the use of that software, I would maybe be more inclinced to pay for it, since Adobe's work (or whoever's) would actually be making me money, but as it stands, its only for my own entertainment.

But in any case, I think paying $700 for Photoshop or $200 for Windows is outrageous. Even the price of games is too high, at around $70-80 with tax. Knowing that the majority of that money is NOT going to the hard working, 16-hours-a-day developers, but is instead being used to buy some lazy executive a new car, thats certainly a factor as well. Game developers are very hard working people, and yet they suffer in virtual obscurity, get payed very little fr their efforts, and constantly have some know-nothing publisher breathing down their necks to dumb down their games for the mass market.

[IceFire]

Originally posted by Tiara
*watches American flock to Canada, Mexico and Europe leaving nothing but barren wasteland behind*



Seriously, I am so glad to live in Holland.

If Harper gets elected here, nobody will be flocking to Canada.

[Thorn]

Originally posted by IceFire

If Harper gets elected here, nobody will be flocking to Canada.

Harper? More like Hitler......

I'm trying to figure out how his cronies got my email addy.. I've been getting anti-Liberal spam for weeks now...

[edit] roofle... we have a Marxist-Leninist party...

[Rictor]

Give it another decade, and its NDP all the way baby. They're polling at 17%, while both the Liberals and Conservatives are around 30%. God, I hope Harper doens't win it. Sure, lots of people don't like the Liberals, but look at the alternative *shudder*

[IceFire]

Originally posted by Rictor
Give it another decade, and its NDP all the way baby. They're polling at 17%, while both the Liberals and Conservatives are around 30%. God, I hope Harper doens't win it. Sure, lots of people don't like the Liberals, but look at the alternative *shudder*

You see...I'd rather see the Liberals in with a minority government and the official opposition formed by the NDP.  That would work out fantastically...the NDP and the Liberals are currently the only two parties that are moderate enough to represent a wide national appeal.  The Conservatives are getting the usual radical right vote and all the people who are pissed with the Liberals and don't see that what they are voting for is much worse than what we've ever seen in the last 10 years.

If the "Conservatives" (who are really still the reform party and have nothing in common with the PC party) win then we're going to see Bush style politics in Canada.

[Thorn]

Just looking at former PMs. Since Diefenbaker was voted in, it has either been Liberal or PC. Nothing else. Liberals 5 times, PC 4 times. Although, I suppose Turner doesn't count, since he was only in for two months. So Liberal 4, PC 4.

[Taristin]

Bush style politics in Canada... That'll be hillarious.


NEWSFLASH! Canada has begun a pre-emptive attack on Kuala Lampor, in response to what it calls 'weapons of mass disorder' that may or may not be produced and or shipped to Canada in the next 40 years.

[Knight Templar]

It's never a pre-emptive attack while on a Moose.

[Thorn]

Yeah, so it looks like we have a Liberal gov't again. A minority gov't this time at least.

[Rictor]

I only watched up to like halfway, so I don't know the final count. I'm kind of disapointed that the NDP didn't get more seats, the Conservatives had them beat lik 4:1.

Liberal minority mean right smack dab in the middle. Nothing extreme, and hopefully the Liberals will work with the NDP and Bloc rather than with Harper.

[Thorn]

http://enr.elections.ca/National_e.aspx

[Kosh]

Not passed yet, but apparently it enjoys widespread support, which leads me to believe it will pass.

Gee, I wonder who's paying them to "support" it.

[Nuke]

wow! you got of parties overthere in moose land.  i wish we had a marxist party.