(07-17-2009, 01:38 AM)Taha Wrote: Just a random thought: When you worry about ripping someone off by copying a CD, did you take money from their big flash car payment, or from the wad of bills they handed over to their drug dealer..?
This gets back to the question of whether it's ok to steal from 'bad guys.'
I don't think it's ok to steal from bad guys.
I think the real question is whether it is stealing at all.
Whether rock stars deserve to be paid that much is a whole 'nother issue! It's an indication of the skewed values of society that rock stars, actors, sports stars, etc. are paid disproportionately high amounts of $$. But I don't think it's really their fault as it is just a reflection of society.
If incomes were proportionate to inherent values, then healers, teachers, counselors, social workers, etc. and, most of all, mothers! would be paid more than they are.
In all fairness to the rock stars, though, the vast majority of them struggle and never make it at all. It's only a very tiny % that hit the big time.