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From: The Reverend Lincoln Lincoln <dogwander@frostwarning.com>
Newsgroups: alt.music
Subject: Re: Is Flip an RIAA Sockpuppet ???
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:25:00 -0400
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Flip come on down:
>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'.
Dude, that would be so cool. You should totally do that.
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