I can laugh at a guy who equates Utilikilts with balls without myself equating Utilikilts with balls, and likewise, I read, enjoyed, and tweeted about the Game of Thrones strip without deciding it was okay to torrent Game of Thrones.
The strip was funny, to me, because I had taken a very similar series of steps, and ended up sighing a fuck-you-HBO sigh. The devil on my right shoulder, in this case, was shouted down by the avatar of laziness, rather than any sort of angel. I don't have to reach the same conclusion as Inman in order to appreciate the thought process.
Is your ethical stance moved at all by the fact that HBO uses well-established mind control techniques to create demand for their product, and that they very likely engage in unethical business practices on a regular basis?
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The strip was funny, to me, because I had taken a very similar series of steps, and ended up sighing a fuck-you-HBO sigh. The devil on my right shoulder, in this case, was shouted down by the avatar of laziness, rather than any sort of angel. I don't have to reach the same conclusion as Inman in order to appreciate the thought process.
Is your ethical stance moved at all by the fact that HBO uses well-established mind control techniques to create demand for their product, and that they very likely engage in unethical business practices on a regular basis?