From: rock@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Rockerboy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Piracy and Skip Sauls
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 20:26:24 EST
Reply-To: rock@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Rockerboy)
Organization: Lakes Public Access

This is an open letter to Mr. Sauls, who is obviously so rabid that he 
cannot participate in rational discourse.  It is your kind of behavior 
that destroys any credibility that anti-piracy-advocates have.  You make 
assumptions without any evidence; you name call; you insult; and you 
provide no logical reason for your ravings.  Essentially, you are a pig, 
and I would imagine that almost anyone who sides with you cringes when 
they see your posts.  Your responses to me on this newsgroup were highly 
insulting, wildly innaccurate, and completely baseless.  I shall address 
them one by one.

1.  I am not a pirate.  I have given you no evidence to believe that I am 
so, and I therefore question your capability to draw this conclusion.  
Your skills of deduction need serious work, sir.

2.  I do not condone piracy per se.  I would have to be a fool to demand 
software should be free, since I intend to make my living producing it 
someday.  I _do_ feel that the present day laws are not properly defined. 
 Copyright law was not written to encompass easily reproduceable data, as 
the capability was not available when the concept was established.  I do 
not feel that the current laws properly reflect reality, and I feel they 
need to be reworked.  That belief, sir, does not make me a pirate, nor 
does it make me deserving of the vitriol you have spewed in my direction 
for my having had the temerity to gainsay the almighty net.moralists.

3.  I am not fifteen years old.  I am, in fact, quite a bit older.  I use 
this handle, as I grow tired of explaining to fools such as yourself, 
because I _like_ it.  I could just as easily ask you why you use your 
real name.  The fact is, one is much more likely to remember the name 
'Rockerboy' that my real name, 'Matthew Gilbert'.  'Matthew Gilbert' is 
the name my parents gave me, and has nothing to do with my own 
individualism.  'Rockerboy' is more descriptive, and conveys a better 
image to those who understand its significance.  (I don't expect the 
brain dead like yourself to understand.)

4.  I would like to know how it is that your position became the one and 
only position one might take?  I posted a logical, well thought out 
message, and I have been flooded with trash from mindless zombies like 
you.  In fact, there is a letter in my mailbox _right_ now which says 
simply, 'Hey!  Dickhead!  Piracy _is_ theft!'  Oh, that speaks volumes 
about the level of intellect of its poster, eh?

You have incredible gaul to accuse me of being childish, sir.  I, at 
least, consider points made, and rationally form an opinion.  I do not 
wantonly attack people with whom I disagree.  I don't think ypou can say 
either.  You have attacked anyone here who has dared speak a contrary 
thought to your holy beliefs.  Get a clue yourself.  You are a blatant 
idiot if you think that your rediculous comparison's in reply to my 
original posting would sway anyone but people equally as foolish as 
yourself.  I do not claim to be infallible, but if you want totell me I'm 
wrong, do me the courtesy of providing rational argument, instead of 
jumping up and down, screaming 'I'm right!  I'm right!  I'm right!  And 
you're a dirty pirate!  Everybody knows fifteen year old dirty pirate 
scum can't be right!'

And to those who will likely question my waste of bandwidth by posting 
this message publicly, I would like to point out that this fellow has 
libeled me in public, and I felt it only fair that I respond to such hate 
publicly.  I apologise if anyone is bothered by this.
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