anyone else tired of hearing about how bad the economy is the economy is and that the movie and music companies are saying that it is partially the fault of those who pirate software, songs, film, etc? cause i certainly am. The MPAA claimed that they lost about 8 billion dollars because of illegal internet piracy of their films? if your company can lose 8 billion fuckin dollars and NOT go bankrupt then you should just stfu. seriously. the reason that the MPAA boxoffice lost 8 billion dollars is because they really didn’t release anything interesting aside from the Dark Knight and Saw V. Try to remember any movie from the last year that was really that good aside form those two (some may disagree with Saw V being as good as the others, but that conversation is for another time).
first of all, piracy has in fact PROVEN to help the spread of games. doom for example is the most shared game in fucking history. why is it so popular? because one guy in college got it and gave it to a friend and so on. granted that if that is all they do, yes the company will lose revenue, but it will get them better known and therefore make the people more likely to actually buy their products in the future.
yes, i have commited acts of piracy. everyone has. have you ever downloaded a song for free? of course, if you can navigate your way to this you have. that makes you just as bad as someone who downloaded 500 movies and a bajillion songs under the law. i’ve illegally downloaded a lot of music (not a lot in comparison to some people) but i did that to get a taste of a band. i originally downloaded all of JFAC’s genesis album, but you know what? i bought their Genesis 12″ LP as well. they got their money. besides, i would buy probably all my music legally if the money actually went to the band, but the bands get paid before the release of the album. just like actors get paid when they sign on to a movie, not afterwards when it finally hits the box office.
the corrupt vision of hollywood trying to control the internet is just digusting. The MPAA and the US government in general believe that it has domain over the world and the right to enforce it’s laws everywhere. What the pirate bay is doing may be illegal according to US copyright laws, but they are based in Sweden and they are not doing anything illegal under Swedish law.
Not only that, but did you know that America is pretty much the only democratically run country where it is in fact illegal to overthrow the government? In other democracies like Britain, France, and Sweden as well, there are riots in the streets if their government does something that the citizens truly dislike. If that would happen here in the US of A, people would be put in jail. And, in fact, it is illegal to actually even contemplate overthrowing the government. This law was made before the patriot act in case you were wondering. Does that not technically infringe upon the freedom of speech and the press? Censorship of games, movies, etc. is, in fact, no way infringing upon our rights as long as it is not the government trying to censor it, it falls mostly under commercial censorship and ratings boards. Personally, i believe that more movies should play unrated versions of movies more often.
But enough about piracy, the government, etc. let’s focus on something that i find slightly more annoying. I bet most of you have heard of this if you live in the US: black history month. This is the most fucking stupid thing I’ve ever heard of. Who gives a flying fuck? Why do they need an entire damn month? hell, the presidents only get one day a year, not even a whole week, one god damn day for what is it now, 45 ish people.
okay, how many people can you think of off the top of your head that black history month is about? like what, about fuckin four, maybe five: martin luther king jr, G.W. Carver, harriet tubman, and like malcolm x (cause he thinks he’s cool because he has an X). in proportion to president’s day, it should be more like black history hour, maybe an hour and a half. on a monday. because monday’s suck anyway. and considering political correctness, shouldn’t we call it ‘african american history month’ instead? or do they not like that anymore, i think it’s stupid.
there are three kinds of black people. Those that actually came from africa, i don’t mind them, they’re not douche bags, they’re cool, they have true culture. There are those who were born here, have respect for other people, have a fucking job, and went to higher education than eighth grade. I don’t mind them either. they are those black people that positively contribute to american society and society in general either culturally or economically. Then there are the third kind of black people. These are the ‘niggaz’ and their ‘dawgs’ that make themselves look like douche bags who think they’re so fat they need to where triple xl pants and shirts and gaudy looking ‘gold’ chains, while the only thing they really have big is their ego. I don’t like them. they are a disparage to their entire race and the race of mankind for that matter. they are the ones whose ancestors fought for the freedom to sit in the front of the bus, to have equal schooling, to be seen as equal among others. this third type don’t care, they sit in the back of the bus, same as before; they don’t care about school at all, worse than before; and they are complete assholes who think they are the shit, much worse than before. They made themselves so much worse than the poor, struggling tribes back in africa.
so that is why we should do away with black history month. either that or i like the idea of a white history month. but if i would suggest that i would be called racist wouldn’t i? i”m not really racist, i’m an economist, i like black people that contribute to society, but i don’t like niggers. i don’t mind beaners because they have jobs, but spics don’t, they are worthless. you see what i mean? i have to contribute the economist official structure to Amber Dawson.
signing off for right now,
the BlaqDove, being blaq is cool, but being black isn’t.
