29th December 2003, 7:10 PM
That's stupid. You're stupid. :D
Yeesh, really. I paid Nintendo to get the game. Your pants analogy completely falls apart the instant one realizes that you aren't paying the school to GET the pants in the first place. You pay a 3rd party. That's where free starts. I'm DIRECTLY PAYING THE COMPANY THAT IS PROVIDING THE ITEM IN ORDER TO GET THE ITEM. No matter what way you look at that, it's called buying, and it's not free because of that.
In a similar vein, let's make your pants analogy fit this situation. If you had to buy the SCHOOL'S pants in order to drink from the fountain, THEN your analogy is the same situation. However, then the water isn't free is it? You had to buy it. Those pants you bought from the school are pretty much a ticket for water.
Yeesh, really. I paid Nintendo to get the game. Your pants analogy completely falls apart the instant one realizes that you aren't paying the school to GET the pants in the first place. You pay a 3rd party. That's where free starts. I'm DIRECTLY PAYING THE COMPANY THAT IS PROVIDING THE ITEM IN ORDER TO GET THE ITEM. No matter what way you look at that, it's called buying, and it's not free because of that.
In a similar vein, let's make your pants analogy fit this situation. If you had to buy the SCHOOL'S pants in order to drink from the fountain, THEN your analogy is the same situation. However, then the water isn't free is it? You had to buy it. Those pants you bought from the school are pretty much a ticket for water.
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