29th December 2003, 7:19 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Dark Jaguar
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.
How do you know that I don't buy my pants from the school? And even if I don't the analogy is still good. If you had to buy two Sega games in order to get the Zelda disc from Nintendo, would you still deny that it's free?