> Then she handed me a copy of The C Programming Language, which she had just stolen (though at $80, it’s not clear who was robbing whom to begin with).
Code of Dishonor
Code of Dishonor
She just didn't care about B&N or property law. Maybe you do care about those things - I'm not condoning theft here!
Now, if you had said Code of "This Chick Turns Out To Be Completely Insane And This Should Have Been A Red Flag" you'd be closer to the mark, but that's for the next post!
If you think a corporation is evil, you don’t have to shop there.
I don't think charging $80 is evil, but it's a high enough price to merit some light teasing. To clarify: I'm just making fun of B&N for charging a lot for a book I wanted. This isn't meant to argue that charging a lot justifies theft.
>If you think a corporation is evil, you don’t have to shop there.
This is a more interesting argument, that has nothing to do with what I said, but is still fun to think about. Surely, if a corporation is evil, a reasonable response would exceed "don't shop there".
Is this really the bookstore's fault? Book prices these days seem to be set by publishers, not sellers, and those prices are actually printed right on the books. The book will cost the same no matter where you buy it, unless the bookseller is discounting it for some reason, but B&N usually sells books at full MSRP.
No, not at all. Like, this morning, my hair looked wild, so my wife teased me about it. It merits teasing, not because the hair was my fault, but just because it was funny looking.
Similarly, I'm making fun of B&N for an aesthetic flaw, not a moral one.