Piracy Funds Terrorism

The Industry Trust for Intellectual Property Awareness today renewed its warning that music and film piracy is bad news by claiming that those who distribute pirate goods are not "lovable rogues" but are in fact involved in drugs rings, pornography, prostitution and terrorism. The group, which includes the UK home entertainment arms of Hollywood studios and retailers such as HMV and Asda - oh hang on, wait a minute, lets stop there. So what you are telling me is tha the retailers and distributers are pissed because someone else is making money, and that fact may well be connected to the ludacrous price that British retailers charge for these goods. That's hardly news. And since September 2001, it seems that everything is linked to terrorism. It is the new buzz word, it can create hatred and mass hysteria, and people have found that their cause gets a whole load of media attention when connected with the big T.

I believe that our intelligence is being seriously undermined. Terrorism is 2004's Emmanuel Goldstein - rage against it, hate it, and we will slowly but surely include more things under the terrorist blanket for you to direct your righteous anger against. Yeah sure, some dodgy people sell knock off goods. But not all people who use the internet to acquire music and films are evil scheming drugs lords. I however am up to my eyes in dodgy coke deals and smuggling hookers. Unfortunately I also suffer from amnesia, so I don't remember any of it, or, unfortunately, where I hid the money...


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