NBC's Rick Cotton claims piracy hurts "corn growers"

I have no clue why i even bothered to write this ill some this up in one word..


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This guy is a total idiot.

I go to the movies, download movies illegally, and buy dvds

This man is a genius...I cant believe these pirates who take away from the corn growers. Piracy is the cause of almost all the problems in the world. I feel really sorry for all these movie associations who barely make any profits. Please people, these people deserve our hard earned money. Rick Cotton and the people at the MPAA can barely afford to live. Help the poor...stop piracy

and the burglary/robbery of microwavable popcorn has hit an all time high because the pirates watch their movies at home rather than at the theaters.

It's like seeing Michael Moore, Al Gore, and Rosie O'Donnell all wrapped up in one person....

Retch!!

I rank this guy in my top 5 dead or a live dumbest people. He is standing very close to our beloved bush.

They aren't losing any money, Every time I sit down to Watch a Pirated movie I toss a bag of microwave popcorn in and enjoy.

He should be committed to the loony bin.

Originally posted by windsong:

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It's like seeing Michael Moore, Al Gore, and Rosie O'Donnell all wrapped up in one person....

Retch!!

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man hes dumb
he would have been better off saying that piracy adds to global warming.

at least theres some truth in that with everyone now running big screen monitors and using lots of power

This guy just wants his 15minutes of fame. This guy needs to get a life and make sure he actually thinks before he speaks.

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"In the absence of movie piracy, video retailers would sell and rent more titles. Movie theatres would sell more tickets and popcorn. Corn growers would earn greater profits and buy more farm equipment."

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well we all know that its OBVIOUSLY hurting the popcorn growers because popcorn cost MORE at the theater... thus the theater industry who are buying popcorn by the tons (literally!) must be paying more money for the bulk buying than the grocery store the pirate buys his little one serving bag from....**pop** thats the sound of whoevers head who believes his statement being pulled out of their a$$.

The corn growers are seeing one of the highest price yields currently and are only expected to see it grow higher due to the ethanol industry. In fact by this guys statement MORE piracy is needed to reduce the price of corn to a LOWER level so more POOR UNDERFED children can afford to have a decent meal (or at least a side item lol)...also a lower price on corn thus means a lower price on ethanol which thus means a lower price on GASOLINE...

Ive never been one for torrents and such but if becoming a movie pirate can feed more children AND reduce the cost of gas I best be finding me a torrent client right away!

--sidenote to MPAA: I know you want to put propaganda out there but come on dont put stuff out there that logical and intelligent people can turn against you to show why piracy is NEEDED... and try not to lie too much, hell is WAY HOTTER than Southwest LA in the summer!

I was expecting a post about Universal blaming god for dismal box office results for Evan Almighty but this is even funnier :) lol

No, their going to be blaming Christians for not getting out there and supporting a family oriented christian film which is what the christian community says they want and insist that they will endorse and support. So not only will they use this to justify their false claims against piracy but they will also use it to justify why they focus mainly on films that use sex, sleeze, sin and f-bombs whenever they cannot think of intelligent dialogue for their characters to speak.

I'm telling you in the not so distant future Pirates and Christians will be the people that are blamed for holding back and stopping all the 'good things' that a free society can bring people world wide. But hey it's not just me saying this, it's also the God not portrayed by hollywood films and tv. Sorry but I also have to add: these are the same people who thought they were providing christian programming and were shocked at the outcry of having a happy go lucky Jesus character condoning drugs, marital infidelity, and spouting such words of wisdom as 'come one man, life's like life man, don't take it so serious!' on that rapidly cancelled 'The Book of Daniel'

Now on the other hand I will probably see Evan (even if only on DVD) because hey, life is like life man, and a show that hopefully doesn't have to use tits, a$$, swearing and crude foul humor to justify getting my hard earned cash and consuming 118 minutes of my life might not be as bad as some of the other choices out there....

Someone is paying this guy BIG bucks and this is the best argument he could come up with??!!

That is REALLY streching it thin!!!

Is it April 1st already? Nah....

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The corn growers are seeing one of the highest price yields currently and are only expected to see it grow higher due to the ethanol industry. In fact by this guys statement MORE piracy is needed to reduce the price of corn to a LOWER level so more POOR UNDERFED children can afford to have a decent meal (or at least a side item lol)...also a lower price on corn thus means a lower price on ethanol which thus means a lower price on GASOLINE...

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This also applies to video games!

We download emulators and play all the classics at home, this is why the arcade business does not exist anymore! Damn you, you video game pirates!! It is your fault that slimey hole in the wall across the street called an arcade had to shut down!

On a side not, Cotton is by far one of the biggest moron's on the face of the planet, may god bless his sad, sad soul!

Originally posted by spydah:

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I rank this guy in my top 5 dead or a live dumbest people. He is standing very close to our beloved bush.

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Originally posted by spydah:

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I rank this guy in my top 5 dead or a live dumbest people. He is standing very close to our beloved bush.

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So what does that say for the 56% percent of the nation that voted for him...twice?

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Actually more ppl voted for Al Gore, Bush just won because the stupid electorate system.

"In the absence of movie piracy, video retailers would sell and rent more titles. Movie theatres would sell more tickets and popcorn. Corn growers would earn greater profits and buy more farm equipment."

Boston84 (Junior Member) 24 June 2007 0:48
This man is a genius...I cant believe these pirates who take away from the corn growers. Piracy is the cause of almost all the problems in the world. I feel really sorry for all these movie associations who barely make any profits. Please people, these people deserve our hard earned money. Rick Cotton and the people at the MPAA can barely afford to live. Help the poor...stop piracy

I live in a farming state corn is use for more than popcorn r u high or what

Nope...Bush won cause his brother Jeb is the governor of FL...how interesting it seems that that was the ONLY state that had a problem calculating the votes for the election....TWICE!

Go figure...

Thats not even a valid statement! Where does this guy get these ideas?!

LMAO! It's no wonder why Piracy is such a problem these days. It creates IDIOTS like Rick Cotton. I hope that not all the anti piracy crime fighters are this blatantly retarded. If they are, we have nothing to worry about, because they will be spending most, if not all their time trying to find the hole in the ground they think is their own ass.

I guess the toilet paper manufacturing will start complaining against piracy too... you know, people eat less popcorn therefore...

The next person to join in the lawsuits against piracy: Orville Redenbacher!

heres why not being a pirate would hurt children, if i dont download a movie for free that my children want to watch then i take them to the movies to watch it and it costs me around $70, i explain to my kids that if they want me to spend this money for them to go see a movie they will not get to eat for the next week, but small kids are stupid and dont understand that concept they want instant gratification. or as the responsible adult i am, i realise that kids are to stupid to make a descision of that caliber and tell them no they cant go it costs too much, then for the next week i have to listen to the kids pissing and moaning about said movie so i kick their asses and lock them in a room and spend all the money for food on prozac instead and they starve anyway.

people of america and the world download your movies it is for the good of our children, the MPAA want to see our children starved and beaten, those bastards.

crazy i know but its about as good an arguement as piracy hurting corn farmers.

tin23uk I could not agree more. personally, i don't have a big income, and spend most of what i earn on bills ect. if all my family and i did was sit at home counting the blades of grass, one if not all of us would end up killing each other. for the sake of humanity, and personal safety, download what you wish.

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Originally posted by windsong:

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It's like seeing Michael Moore, Al Gore, and Rosie O'Donnell all wrapped up in one person....

Retch!!

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How about adding Dan Quayle for good measure lol

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As a farmer, this guy is nuts, first off popcorn is completly different than most agricultural corn variety speaking. second the only thing huring corn growers is the cost of corn now because the ethanol industry is completly buying every damn bushel they can get there hands on.

i dont know what you guys are talkin about.. i completely agree with the statement.

i hurt the corn growers by pirating... isnt that common knowledge? first i download a movie.. and then, the corn farmer dies a little inside.

heres another arguement for piracy, it would hurt rick cotton if we didnt download because we dont download ---> corn farmers dont get hurt -----> abc doesnt pay rick cotton out the ass to say stupid shit like piracy hurts cotton farmers, pesticide makers, pop corn machine makers, astronauts, dog trainers, trees so on and so on.

oh look now rick cottons broke cos he doesnt have anything to talk about and now he has to download too cos he cant afford to go to the movies.

and next ill think of a reason why not downloading hurts the eban tribe of borneo.

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and next ill think of a reason why not downloading hurts the eban tribe of borneo.

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here is a bit of irony. I downloaded "Sicko" the new michael moore film on how wonderful our free health care in the U.S. is. after watching this movie, i started thinking about how piracy actually helps us. it allows us to use money that would have been spent at the box office, to be used on ridiculously expensive heatlh care (the topic of "sicko"), food (corn), medication, rent, child care, this list goes on and on.

here is an idea, MPAA, could you please take the billions of dollars you spend on anti-piracy, put it towards medical care, and the other things that would help the general public. Instead of trying to put people in jail, creating more debt to those who pay the taxes to support the imprisoned, you can help them. this way the "pirates" can afford to go out and get original copies of DVDs, go to the movies, buy corn, instead of having to pay insurance premiums to insurance companies who will only deny coverage to it's policy holders in order to make billions, which in turn forces the "policy holders" to pay unaffordable medical bills.

what an idiot
go get a life

funny

Originally posted by 3085:

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what an idiot
go get a life

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that was funny as hell. "piracy hurts corn growers". i cant imagine how. he prob'ly didnt factor in the millions of people who dont really like popcorn all that much. or the people who can ONLY afford to pay for movie tickets and not popcorn. i figure piracy would help the corn growers because those who really do like popcorn can get 10 pounds of it for prob'ly cheaper than they would at the theaters. and anyway, i hear that popcorn isnt even the same kind of corn that the farmers grow. stupid people saying stupid things. at least it was funny.

oh well i guess we should all eat popcorn while watching our pirated movies at home, so rick cotton doesnt feel bad and we dont hurt any corn farmers. and while your at it better make sure you get some coke and a 16 year old spotty kid to serve it so as we dont hurt them either i think i covered all the bases. lol while we are at it we could pay a projectionist to switch on the dvd player a cleaning lady to clean the bathroom and someone to sell tickets at the living room door, and it would still be cheaper than a night out to the movies.

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popcorn isnt even the same kind of corn that the farmers grow

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OK, for everyone who keeps repeating this "myth" ... If popcorn isn't "grown", then how is it "made"?

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(NOTICE: This was sarcasm, which I realize doesn't always register with SOME people.)

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IMPORTANT UPDATE:
Piracy is hurting the government's mint! When people pirate, the developers don't make as much money so the government doesn't get as much in taxes so they can't afford to run the mint so there no more money. Oh wait, if theres no more new money, that would make the old money more valuable...

LOL

what a retard.

ok here is another reason why piracy is good it saves us money by putting corn farmers out of work then they don't clog the roads up with big slow tractors that make us late then have to speed to make appointment and get speeding tickets from the police

wow piracy really does save me money in more ways than one

The big bucks now seem to be going to subsidies for growing corn for ethanol. All the ranchers and dairies (who make great money from subsidies for notproducing milk) around here are ripping out pasture to plant corn. Must be better money to grow corn for a product that decreases your MPG, and costs more per gallon to grow than the price of gas. Which seems high enough to me. Corn produces 1 or two ears per stalk. Not a high efficiency crop, and requires lots of fertilizer. (Made from oil of course)

Like the Aswan dam in Egypt that blocks the silt, forces the farmers to put fertilizer on their crops and the production of fertilizer uses as much electricity as the output of the dam. Sometimes the bureaucracy doesn't think.

at movies or at home, rented or ripped i'm still eating my popcorn with pepsi :)

The only thing I love more than popcorn is the hole I put in the bottom of the popcorn bucket! SCORE!
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ohhh, maybe piracy is better, cause if you look at it this way, movies = hands only, pirated movies at home = full on reverse cowboy, then hell yes, I'M A PIRATE FOR LIFE!

-wCHUBBS

LOL, bad news for me :P!

lmao

much electricity as the output of the dam. Sometimes the bureaucracy doesn't think.