You...do realize that some of the leading-edge speculative fiction of the past decade and a half have come from YA authors, yes? And that a great many works of classic literature can be boiled down to the exact same tropes featuring different backgrounds? You’re aware that while mainstream speculative fiction has…

I agree that the issue is extremely complex.

Y’know, if Obama was to die Saturday, and come Monday there was an article written on a popular website talking about how terrible and awful a person he was for disagreeing with things the author likes, there would be a SHIT storm of epic proportions.

I agree fully that pirating is stealing. I agree that there is an economic motive for some piraters. I concede that at times, that’s been part of my motive.