Self-Entitlement and You

mid-morning on Thursday, the 17th of November 2005 by defkhan1

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Ever notice these days how the young’uns among us seem to feel that the world owes them something? I know every generation has a ‘kid’s these days’ moment or two, but I really think there is an epidemic of ‘you owe me because I am human and take up space in this world’ spreading.

Take software or music piracy for example. The biggest argument in defense of themselves for stealing is that these items are ‘too expensive’. WHAT? You’ve got to be kidding me. In my world, if you want something but can’t afford it, then you keep on wanting it you either CAN afford it, or, if you want it bad enough, go out and get a job to pay for it. Not some of our younger brethren, however. They feel it is their god-given right to own latest version of Windows, or the latest U2 album, and since they have no money to pay for it, then they feel justified in creatively acquiring their desires.

CRAP, I say…CRAP!

What’s even worse to me is that many of these ‘priviledged’ individuals only take up this stance to delude themselves that they are doing nothing wrong. They are pretending to be ‘economically and socially oppressed’ into paying for a product, so they can justify the crime, which they know to be true in their hearts, to their heads.

Now before anyone points a finger in my direction, and questions my sainthood, let me dismantle it for you. I am not entirely innocent of a little prior creative acquisition myself. But what I never did, was tell anyone that I was de facto deserved of what I came across; nor did I ever claim to need something that was in truth a desire. That is the crux…

I could absolutely care less if you illegally copy and use Windows for your entire home network…what I cannot abide, however, is the cheap, half-hearted attempt at moral justification to absolve yourself of responsibility.

So, kiddies…

STOP crying about what has not been given to you free of charge when you think you deserve it for being alive.

STOP trying to justify the unjustifiable with flimsy moral argument.

If you decide to steal, that is your issue, but if yousteal and try to convince me it’s OK, because your family will starve because you don’t have Windows XP, or your sister’s life will be ruined if she can’t have the new Flaming Bungholes CD, take it somewhere else…

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