I've been purusing this sites news coverage over the recent modchip raids with little interest. But when I read this story, I absolutely could not believe the seeming praise for this guy. I'm outraged at his outcry for sympathy and the people willing to support him. Whether or not you believe modchips are constitutional or not can be argued back and forth until the end of time. What is an absolute, as it currently stands, is that it is illegal,
and FallsInc knew that. You know what? I don't agree one bit with the governments stance on what they consider "illegal drugs". But you don't see me thumbing my nose at the law by growing pot in my back yard or running a meth lab in my garage. I don't agree with a lot of the seemingly inane and arbitrary laws deemed nececssary by our government. But my disagreement doesn't constitute any plausable excuse as an attempt to circumvent them. In short, s�t happens, deal with it.
I'm sorry, but how spineless do you have to be to do this. Regardless of "legal grey areas" you know that what you were doing was
illegal. You've clearly indicated that you know it was illegal. And you're attempting to circumvent this by involving your grandmother and letting her take the fall for it? What the hell type of person are you? I'm not above condemnation. I've done some pretty stupid things out of my own volition before, but to involve an innocent person... your grandmother of all people, is probably one of the worst possible things I can think of. I mean seriously, what were you thinking? "Well... if the Feds come knocking, at least it won't be my door."
So let me get this straight? This guy was making a living all the while circumventing the IRS and not paying taxes. His girlfriend had a child in a hospital sponsered by tax dollars. His kid will grow up and most likely go to public school, paid for by our tax dollars. He drives a car on roads that are maintained by our tax dollars. He enjoys a plethora of things made available by taxes paid from common blue collar workers such as myself and many others on this board, and yet his "business" contributes nothing in return? I don't care whether your a single proprietor running a modchip company skimming hundreds of $ or a large international company laundering millions. It's dishonest and hypocritical. And you want our sympathy for it? BS.
Cry me a river. I've been in this situation several times. You wake up and go to work like everything is peachy and tommorow is another day, only to find out that, for whatever reason, you're without a job, out in the cold, no source of income, and no security. You know what? McDonalds is always hiring to flip burgers. Restuarants are always hiring people to wash dishes. The city is always hiring to haul garbage. Don't like it? Tough. I look back and shutter at the many jobs that I had to pick up when times got rough and I had to swallow my pride and do what I had to do in order to take care of myself and the ones that I love. But you know what?
Thats part of responsibility. Sometimes you have to do things in life that you don't want to in order to get by. You know why I also don't buy the BS "I don't have money to pay for bills" excuse? Because of stuff like this:
So you have problems paying your bills, but no problems keeping a plethora of video games and electronic accessories which are non staple items? You may not have been living a cushy life, but I refuse to believe the "you were hard off" spiel.
It's stuff like this that makes me feel pity for you. Instead of being able to own up to your mistake and admit that you know what your were doing was illegal (despite whether you agree with it or not), you can't simply accept the blame like a man. You can't simply say "You know what? I f&*#@ed up. I shouldn't have done that, and now I need to work on getting my life straight". No.... instead you pass the buck. Blame others for there mis-doings as if their iniquities overshadow your own and absolve you from all accountability. At what point in your life were you thinking about sitting down and saying "you know, I can't keep blaming other people because of stuff that I do".
And for anyone reading this who think that I am cold hearted or have no compassion, I feel for the the guy. I really and honestly do. I sincerely hope that things get sorted out so that he has the chance to be a responsible provider for his family. But I hope that in doing so, he is able to learn that when he has such a great responsibility, you have to make wiser decisions. I don't mind the fact that some people will side with him, as happpens in any situation. But I can't believe that
nobody seems to be seing the bigger picture here.
i'm gonna keep the breif cause your an idiot, but just to clarify, i sent packages there for security of them. meaning: so they won't get stolen when i'm not there to receive them. but my retired grandma is. and everything they took, was almost all free, or nearly. it's taken me 4 years to pile up what they fit into 3 medium sized boxes.
i did not consider this illegal... no one did. why else do you think SO many people would be running mod stores and installer threads?
and as for the taxes part, 2 words buddy: sole proprietorship. i file taxes at the end of the year, just like everyone else.
and fuck you about why i am not working. you don't know me, or my health conditions, so don't even start.
i stopped making excuse a little while after i got out of high school, i accept responsibily for what i did, but i still think it's unfair since i don't put a dent into MS+N's bottom line, and i am not involved in piracy.
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Topic: Raid casualty comes forward to tell his story (Read 2198 times)