<p>actually right now its this book libete: a haiti anthology
it sorta chronicles the history through papers, songs, poems, and stuff like that.</p>
<p>Sounds smart it seems anthropologically related, would I be right?</p>
<p>yeah it is. but for someone who wasnt too connected and up to date on their culture it was like gold.
how bout you?</p>
<p>I read a book a while back by Tolstoy called “The Death of Ivan Ilyich.” It’s all about how living a normal life is a wasted life and how the mass of men don’t realize how unauthentic their lives are due to materialism and feigned relationships. It was awesome. Definite recommendation.</p>
<p>Nobody here? Alright I’m checking in a couple hours later.</p>
<p>mm tolstoy sounds serious. but it seems like something worth discussing. the concept that is. but it would explain you and your paradox donny.</p>
<p>Yeah! somebody is her, I said I was gonna go, but I’m honestly addicted.</p>
<p>I didn’t know I had a paradox…what exactly is it?</p>
<p>hi guys! i’m back… wow… only 4 more pages? i left like 6 hours ago - i’m disappointed, and relieved…</p>
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<p>interesting… i wonder what i sound like…</p>
<p>topics for debate: i read some earlier posts on music - so… the morality of free downloadable music?</p>
<p>Now that is a good one, D-Yu. I’m torn on the issue…</p>
<p>Are we talking about the ethics of fdm, or my personal perception of whether or not fdr is morally right or wrong?</p>
<p>i’m not gonna lie, i’ve downloaded a coupla songs (20 at most). mebbe a good compromise is cheap downloadable music (like $5 a month for unlimited downloading) people might splurge for the first month or so and download a 1000 songs, but will eventually cool down. besides downloading spreads the popularity of songs and bands, so people might want to buy songs that aren’t available for download</p>
<p>btw… don, what happened to saying “you have sparked the beast” at the beginning of every debate?</p>
<p>another btw, any progress on my nickname? - i couldn’t think of any yet</p>
<p>I’ve never downloaded a song before. I’m not a goody tissue, simply, I prefer to have something tangible with which I can hold when I’m older and look back at myself, so really, my materialism deters me from FDM.</p>
<p>why would we discuss your personal perception only.</p>
<p>and im sorry but i refuse to buy a cd for the one or two songs i like, which for me is almost always the situation. i download.</p>
<p>What I meant to say is whether we should talk if FDM is morally reprehensible or if FDM is actually harmful to the music industry.</p>
<p>panicpower, do you use limewire? i don’t cuz i’m a little iffy about downloading an actual program onto my computer</p>
<p>don, both those issues are linked and should be addressed in this debate. i think, in moderation, it actually helps the music industry by advertising the artists work. morally, it’s not stealing because you didn’t take it illegally. it’s like a free product for everyone to take. it’s not like you hacked into the band’s website and took an archived song</p>
<p>i think what would in part make it morally wrong is who is suffering. and id say the industry is suffering.</p>
<p>panicpower, I force myself not to buy those CD’s; It’s almost a masochistic tendency of mine, depriving myself of what I enjoy for the sake of completeness.</p>
<p>D-Yu: you can be “the last man on Earth,” seeing as I have admitted my affair with feminine television, thus negating my status as a man. (:</p>
<p>yeah i do have limewire. though i recently had to clear my harddrive so i lost all my files, music and all other things, so i havent started up again. but you have to fiddle with the setting so your not sharing or somethin.</p>
<p>hudson: that makes the name don juan even more juxtaposed.
and i like last man on earth lmoe</p>
<p>I don’t download, but I highly recommend bittorrent. You have to download a program just so your computer can read the files. Here’s a site for you to school yourselves.</p>
<p><a href=“http://lifehacker.com/software/ultranewb/a-beginners-guide-to-bittorrent-285489.php[/url]”>http://lifehacker.com/software/ultranewb/a-beginners-guide-to-bittorrent-285489.php</a></p>