Originally Posted by Paladuck

Saying "you don't think stealing is wrong because you steal" doesn't make an ounce of sense. The majority of people who steal know that its wrong, unless they've somehow deluded themselves.

I don't steal in person because I think its wrong. Sure I don't want to get caught by the police, but even if I know I wouldn't get caught I wouldn't do it because I think its wrong.

Pirating over the internet, on the other hand, doesn't feel wrong. I agree that its just as wrong as shoplifting, but it just doesn't feel as bad. Probably because a ton of people do it and there's no social stigma attached to it. In fact I daresay that there are a lot of people who think shoplifting is wrong but downloading music over the internet is not. I wouldn't date a girl who shoplifted. I wouldn't care if they pirated movies and music. In any case it has absolutely nothing to do with your argument that a thief doesn't think that stealing is wrong.