17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
From: Anonymous <nobody@REPLAY.COM> Some economists have made a good case that slack enforcement of such rules may sometimes do little harm. Local firms benefit by acquiring pirated technology more cheaply than the real thing; consumers acquire affordable high-tech products and close copies of branded goods.
Yes, when Mr Anon travels to a beach in Jamaica or in Mombasa, he shouldn't complain when the taxi driver takes him, not to his requested destination, buit some dark alley where Mr Anon gets clunked over the head and his wallet removed. The locals need the money more than Mr rich-tourist-on-vacation Anon. They're only doing socialist justice, after all. Property is property. Theft is theft.