An important thing to remember in this incident is that, if someone says doing something is wrong, then goes on to do that very thing, this does not necessarily disprove the rule that this person was trying to establish. It merely means that this person was incapable of living up to his own standard, nothing more. It could be that the standard is too difficult to live up to, but, honestly? Choosing to pirate or not to pirate? That isn't hard at all unless you have a complete lack of self-control.
Even so, it's hardly surprising when people who simply don't want to live by the rules actively look for people to deem to be hypocrites, not so much to call them out on their hypocrisy but so that they can feel justified in not living by the rules themselves. Hence, a lot of pirates are going to see this article and think that it's ok to pirate because:
Even so, it's hardly surprising when people who simply don't want to live by the rules actively look for people to deem to be hypocrites, not so much to call them out on their hypocrisy but so that they can feel justified in not living by the rules themselves. Hence, a lot of pirates are going to see this article and think that it's ok to pirate because:
Trouble is, they're wrong. Society can't work under that sort of logic. What happens if a major politician condemns murder, then murders someone? Is it okay to murder people now? "Everyone's doing it, even the guys who say it's wrong, so I get to murder people too! Durrrr" No, of course not. So we have to eliminate the hypocrisy of those who claim to advocate law-abiding behavior as a justification for breaking the law. And when we do that, the remaining justifications for piracy boil down to people with child-like mentalities whining that it's not faaaiiiir that they have to pay for the things they want.quiet_samurai said:
