Perhaps “preserve” isn’t the best word for it. Maybe it’s better to think of ROM sites as libraries, offering free access to vast amounts of media that most people would otherwise have no chance to experience. Of course, libraries are legally protected and “legit,” so the analogy still isn’t perfect, but you get the…

Oh my stars and garters. “Nintendo has to shut down because people were downloading ROMs of Nazo no Murasame Jō! How can gamers be so SELFISH?”

There are plenty of circumstances in which theft is okay, even some legally. I mean shit even the Catholic Church recognizes that and they wanna send people to hell for touching dicks.

How cute - a moral absolutist who believes that Law equals Justice.

You think it’s sad to ask “Who is it hurting”?  Shouldn’t that be the litmus test for deciding if something is or isn’t hurting someone?  It’s kind of sad when people think whether something is hurting someone or not is irrelevant.

Let me speak to two things here. First, this is not theft, it’s copyright infringement. Second, until half a century ago copyright only lasted for 30 years. Meaning that if it wasn’t for Disney, we would all have copies of Super Mario Bros on our computers because that game would now be in the public domain! What…

““who is it hurting?”.... It’s sad that anyone even begins to think about asking this question, let alone asking it”

I know, I acknowledged the legal side of it. Literally the first first 4 words of my response. I asked about the moral side of it.

Good. The term “preservation” is just a polite way of saying you are stealing and redistributing intellectual property illegally. You can hide behind that word all you like, you are still a damned thief. And no, the delusion that if you own it then it is legal is entirely false.

What Omar said was that not all Muslims were behind 9/11. The attacks she’s getting as a result are people trying to say, “We want to be able to be racist against all Muslims and 9/11 is our excuse.”

Our reaction and actions following 9/11 did way more damage to this country then 9/11 ever did.

LOL! The grays are going to be so pressed to know that they can’t deport my born in the USA ass. Fuck all y’all! And no I will not give him his day to be a dick about it on national fucking TV while endangering a Black woman in the process. Fuck you too.

This fucking bitch ass, he’d be a fucking obscure nobody that no one had reason to listen to if it weren’t for his mother and he has the fucking nerve to pull this shit?

The real way to remember the victims of 9/11 is for the “True Patriots” to skip memorials while others attend to hold a secret vote.

Way to exploit the death of a loved one just to “own” someone on a false pretense. Pathetic carrion.

Centrist democrats thinking they can work with or trust republicans on any level are dangerously incompetent. These are are people without morals, anything like a conscience, or shame.

Trump: “I may have to go for an extra term.”

“It’s very frustrating,” Harrison told Splinter. “It erodes the trust in the institution, and the institution is built on trust.”

“Youppi-shaped torso” FTW 

This is legit boomer brain that comes from consuming 12+ hours of TV a day. I have family who leave the TV on constantly (literally always in the background when they’re home) and they can not focus on one topic for any period of time. They’ll ask you a question and when you’re in the middle of answering, they’ll just…