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From: Flip <flip@flippo.com>
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Subject: Re: Is Flip an RIAA Sockpuppet ???
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In article <0b90iv4b9h657s06joo1b54pjh0tjhgbj1@4ax.com>,
The Reverend Lincoln Lincoln <dogwander@frostwarning.com> wrote:
> Flip come on down:
>
> >In article <041rhvkrvif20egn5al2io1opga68v3fs5@4ax.com>,
> > The Reverend Lincoln Lincoln <dogwander@frostwarning.com> wrote:
> >
> >> flip come on down:
> >>
> >> >That's nonsense.
> >> >
> >> >They're entitled to try to make you want their music. But no one's
> >> >forcing you to buy it.
> >>
> >> We are the invisible hand. Do not ignore us.
> >>
> >
> >I'm not ignoring anyone.
> >
> >If you want to use 'the invisible hand' of the market _legally and
> >morally_ by not buying a product you don't like, feel free.
> >
> >Just don't pretend that stealing it is as legitimate a response to
> >overpricing as just refusing to buy.
>
> The Invisible Hand is not legal or moral. It is economic.
>
Premised on people obeying the law.
By your logic, if I don't like BMW's pricing, I can steal every BMW from
every dealer in the country - and say that it was the 'invisible hand of
the market'.
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