Black Friday - How much did you spend?

[vegaspilot03]

$23

Guns N' Roses CD
Kung Fu Panda.

 

[aravoth]

So how much did you spend on Black Friday or was it Red Friday for you??

0$

 

[Jeez]

well reports from what i hear indicate the sales for Black friday were far better than expected in retail side, sales even went up compared to last year Expect a huge rally in stock market this week DoW should go back upto 10k before reality sets in.

 

[newyearsrevolution08]

Zero

 

[Anthony T]

$0.00

 

[Matt Collins]

$23

Guns N' Roses CD
Kung Fu Panda.

People still pay for music?

 

[Kludge]

People still pay for music?

Ethical people interested in the continued production of the artists' music do -- sure.

Granted, I only pay for music once every few years, but then, I don't often listen to music ("professional" music, that is). Too many lyrics, most thoughtless words jumbled together because they rhyme. Most voices are whiny or piercing anyways, IMO.

 

[nate895]

Too many lyrics, most thoughtless words jumbled together because they rhyme. Most voices are whiny or piercing anyways, IMO.

Why I like traditional country music.

 

[Kludge]

Why I like traditional country music.

Ugh... Some of those female country singers' voices are truly painful.


IIRC from a debate class a few years ago. They tortured a man in Gitmo by forcing him to listen to loud deathmetal (???) music.

 

[silverlinkx2]

Ugh... Some of those female country singers' voices are truly painful.


IIRC from a debate class a few years ago. They tortured a man in Gitmo by forcing him to listen to loud deathmetal (???) music.

torture??? i call that a friday night

And yes, downloading music/movies/software from torrents is immoral/unethical/unlawful and if you were a libertarian Constitutionalist who respected private property rights, you wouldn't do it.

I'm not gonna say I never dled a song before because I have, but I recognize that it's wrong and I buy cd's all the time now (and don't dl anymore).

also i spent 0$ on black friday (although I may have spent 99 cents on coke at 7-11)

 

[Matt Collins]

And yes, downloading music/movies/software from torrents is immoral/unethical/unlawful and if you were a libertarian Constitutionalist who respected private property rights, you wouldn't do it.

I'm not gonna say I never dled a song before because I have, but I recognize that it's wrong and I buy cd's all the time now (and don't dl anymore).

And unfortunately you are wrong.

Copyright infringement is not a moral argument. It's strictly a legal argument. Why? Because this idea of copyright is unnatural and nothing more than a government construct. It's one of the few "rights' that the government actually grants instead of being inherent to our humanity.

And downloading is not unlawful, but uploading, distributing, or sharing files is.

 

[voytechs]

For my $0, I'm no so sure about my wife though She snuck out.

 

[sparebulb]

$0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000


I celebrate Christmas on Jan 7 anyway.

 

[The_Orlonater]

Ugh... Some of those female country singers' voices are truly painful.


IIRC from a debate class a few years ago. They tortured a man in Gitmo by forcing him to listen to loud deathmetal (???) music.

Good death metal is not painful.

Anyway, I'm an orchestra guy. I also like FunK and Jazz.

 

[silverlinkx2]

And unfortunately you are wrong.

Copyright infringement is not a moral argument. It's strictly a legal argument. Why? Because this idea of copyright is unnatural and nothing more than a government construct. It's one of the few "rights' that the government actually grants instead of being inherent to our humanity.

And downloading is not unlawful, but uploading, distributing, or sharing files is.

Now you're going to tell me what rights are "inherent" to our humanity. Please, I'm waiting to hear this. And I want to you to tell me where they're written down, who's enforcing them, and how they would come to exist without some sort of artificial man-composed authority introducing them.

 

[SnappleLlama]

Before the argument ^ gets underway, I spent around ten bucks on an x-moose present for my uncle. Big sales!

carry on, then.

 

[tropicangela]

Before the argument ^ gets underway, I spent around ten bucks on an x-moose present for my uncle. Big sales!

carry on, then.

Ditto...

Spent $80 cash on a twin bed set for my guest room. (Bob's half price bedding)
Spent $100 by creating money on curtains and bedding for the guest room. (Linens & Things closeout.)

My sister is coming to live with us from out of state.

 

[Matt Collins]

Now you're going to tell me what rights are "inherent" to our humanity.

All rights are inherent to individuals under natural law. Copyright however is a legal / governmental abstract.

And I want to you to tell me where they're written down, who's enforcing them, and how they would come to exist without some sort of artificial man-composed authority introducing them.

Natural rights aren't written down. They just exist except where prohibited by law. Natural rights can't be abridged legally unless it's done by the government, hopefully with due process. Government's only legitimate function is to secure individual rights.

 

[SevenEyedJeff]

I spent $ 0.

 

[bkreigh]

around $75. I took my wife out for a dinner and movie for her birthday which was last week. It was the only day that we could go out. If it weren't for her i would have spent nothing.

opps make that around $100. I had to buy gas as well for my SUV. Doing my part to leave my carbon footprint.