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"Millrat" <corey.witkowski029@sympatico.ca> wrote in message 
news:lkioo15ljltebf2naac5argr16ac21obot@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:24:06 -0500, bk039@ncf.ca (Raymond Martineau)
> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:50:58 -0500, Millrat
>><corey.witkowski029@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>Apologies, in light of your high standards of communication, you must
>>>be a "temple of virtue", full of ethics and morals and other things
>>>like that,,,
>>
>>This group has one simple rule about piracy: You don't support piracy 
>>here.
>>Since you are new here, you obviously never seen various n00bies posting
>>incessant requests to download a copy of Doom, and the decision among the
>>regulars to adopt a standard link for replies.
>>
> Ok, I understand.You're right about me being new to the group and to
> NGs in general. I was just a bit startled (offended actually) at the
> language of the replies. I hope that's not the standard for the group.
>
>>If you need to, find a warez group that will support you.  You won't
>>receive help here.

It's not the 'standard' here or in most of the named games ng's, like 
alt.games.quake or alt.games.half-life;   it is that for folks that DO 
purchase their software it's an outright slap in the face for someone to 
drop into a ng intended for the support of the software and users.   MOST of 
the people in these groups bought their stuff.  The ones that have not are 
generally not owning that they've pirated it.

There are a lot of different viewpoints about paying for software.   MINE is 
that if it weren't for the prospect of making some money from it, why would 
someone write and publish ANY of it?  Cause they just want to?  Ha!  There 
wouldn't be very much to even run on a computer available to the gemeral 
public, if that were so :)   I do my rightful part.  I buy what I use.  All 
of it.  Shareware included.
There isn't anything special about that either.   That is what is supposed 
to be, it's expected and rightly so.
McG.