A tricky question

[indolikaa]

I would say "spineless bastard" is a CLEAR example of pointless name-calling.

In your eyes, perhaps. In my eyes, I consider it product recognition.

I would also characterize anonymously running to the mods "chickenshit" as opposed to directly confronting someone calling me a thief, and making it glaringly obvious what their error was.

Last time I checked, the 'Problems Thread' was not an anonymous forum.

As for directly confronting someone when there's a problem, well, here we are, aren't we?

When an action is perfromed by SEVERAL people (not one or two), and then complained about by SEVERAL people (not one or two), how do you interpret a concern about this as a concern about specific people? I don't even remember who they were, there were enough of these statements that I took it as a GENERAL, NON-specific issue.

Because the 'actions of specific individuals' and the 'actions of several' are the same thing, Nelson. You can spin the words around all you want, but 'individuals' and 'several' are interchangable in context.

Why are you telling me what my motives and/or goals are? That's some crystal ball you got there. It is you who are telling me what my rights are or are not, yet you accuse me of attempting to dictate policy.

You posted a borderline thread, with the intention of, in your own words, 'bring some of these people out of the woodwork.' In other words, you were baiting people, Nelson. You wanted people to respond negatively. You claim it was to highlight a concern about the way things 'are' around here.

I never accused you of dictating policy, Nelson. I accused you of baiting other members into violating Forum Rules/AUP.

just let it go. nelson...

He won't. He enjoys this type of banter too much.

[FOO]

Nelson I am surprised at you . I had you down as
a reasonable adult type , considering your past expertise
regarding MPEG2 editing.
This is silly

[proxyx99]

Looks like some some need to step away from the computer to cool down.
Let's be realistic and address some issues here. This is not a legal forum nor a courtroom. I'm surprised how happily some members try to police other ones creating some kind of euforia while stoning some poor soul. God forbid you have a different opinion. They will police you too. They are not site admins, nor moderators, only members that have a 4 digit figure below their nick. You want to be ligit? Report the link and don't participate, close the thread, ignore but don't be more saint then the Pope himself. This forum legality is based on trust, assumptions and acceptance of forum rules. leave the interpretation to the moderators.
That is why we have them. You run like a chicken without a head in the thread that is legit as per poster's admission. That should suffice. After all you don't know whether the knowledge you proliferete will be usedx only for a legit purpose and not criminal. I see his post as nothing more then stating a part of the circumstance that you may have no full knowledge of.

How about this: "How to copy Kill Bill?" or "Help, can't copy Pirates of the Carribean". I've seen no uproar there. Why, cause you assume it is a legit owner of the disk who is posting. How do you know? Assumption again. As I said keep your heads calm and treat all members the same way.

If assumption is what suffices to be ligit then assume the same here. On the other hand looks like some are trying to portrait themselves as better then they really are. St. Michael looks like a shameless sinner comparing to some forum members, who I'm sure will go straight to Heaven. Get real and stop playing police or investigators. No one needs that. Blowing up small issues to bigger then life proportions serves no one, not even you.

[jimmalenko]

@Nelson37:

I too thought you were smarter than this.

[Supreme2k]

proxyx99,
That's all fine and dandy, but the specific purpose of nelson's post was to goad people into flaming him. No one is claiming sainthood here (or even in the examples you gave), but merely pointing out that he's an ass.

And rarely (if ever) is the legal question ambiguous and open to interpretation in the bashed posts. It is primarily "I just downloaded Hellboy...", not "I downloaded something and want to convert it..." As I have said before, this is a discussion board, so why not disuss? I you are walking down the street and some guy whips out his wang to wave at you, some people might respond with "Zip it up, you sick bastard!", while others may run straight to the police. Maybe the guy has a medical condition that requires waving his willy, but the simple reality is that a reaction is a reaction. You can't stop it.

[gitreel]

Supreme2k, your avatar while good kind of freaks me out? Where did you get it? What other kinds do they have? I am thinking about changing mine.

[Capmaster]

The number of people complaining about the activity I mentioned, and others engaging in it, made it obvious to me this was a point of general interest.

I suggest you stand along the road and holler at speeders. Stop wasting our time with this crap :P

[Supreme2k]

I would say it was more akin to putting up a fake (faster) speed limit sign with a disclaimer on the back.

[BJ_M]

closing this down before someone gets shot ...