What gets me is the presumed authority with which so many people put forth things that just aren't true.

Yeah, you're right. It's not the ignorance, per se, as there are lots of things in the world that people just don't know about. With the idea of copyright and digital files, the confusion can, indeed, be considerable.

I guess what I mean is that I'm astounded by the stubborn insistance that one is automatically correct, without any research, facts, documentation, or investigation to back it up, and the amount of blustering and arguing trying to support an incorrect position.

Once again, my unpronounceable friend, you have cut through it and distilled what I actually meant to say. :-)

And I'd like to add on an ammendment to a previous post of mine: It IS illegal in most places for businesses to ban/bar people for being, say, Mexican or Black or Catholic or Female or whatever, as there are laws to prevent that sort of blanket discrimination. No place, as far as I know, has laws that require shopkeepers to do business with or to allow access to specific individuals, particularly when/if those specific individuals have a history of bad behavior.

Casinos, hotels, clubs, restaurants, and other businesses ban people on a regular basis.

bonni Message edited on: 08/19/2004 02:01

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