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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 8927871" data-attributes="member: 8461">To extend the use of the gun analogy, the takeaway can be (as I see it) thought of like so:If someone points a gun at you, pulls the trigger only for it to jam, tries to clear the jam but can't, and finally gives up and gives you $50 to make up for it before walking away, do you say &quot;Awesome! I'm $50 richer than I was an hour ago!&quot; or do you say &quot;That guy just tried to shoot me! And he thinks $50 will make up for it?!&quot;The first reaction isn't wrong – you are indeed $50 richer than you were before, with that being the only overall change – but I think the latter is easier to understand, since someone else just tried to do you serious harm. Now, obviously, you can disagree as to the appropriateness of the analogy in general (i.e. how much harm would have really been inflicted), but the way a number of publishers are reacting suggests to me that they perceived this to be a very real threat to their livelihood, which I'm sympathetic to (and agree with).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 8927871, member: 8461"] To extend the use of the gun analogy, the takeaway can be (as I see it) thought of like so: If someone points a gun at you, pulls the trigger only for it to jam, tries to clear the jam but can't, and finally gives up and gives you $50 to make up for it before walking away, do you say "Awesome! I'm $50 richer than I was an hour ago!" or do you say "That guy just tried to shoot me! And he thinks $50 will make up for it?!" The first reaction isn't wrong – you are indeed $50 richer than you were before, with that being the only overall change – but I think the latter is easier to understand, since someone else just tried to do you serious harm. Now, obviously, you can disagree as to the appropriateness of the analogy in general (i.e. how much harm would have really been inflicted), but the way a number of publishers are reacting suggests to me that they perceived this to be a very real threat to their livelihood, which I'm sympathetic to (and agree with). [/QUOTE]

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