For what it's worth, I think it's immature to judge maturity based on whether someone wants to say "********". Let's not reduce this to "He said a potty word; oh noes"
As for the discussion, I don't really believe in the notion of morality as it's being preached here. Claiming something is intrinsically right or wrong from a subjective ethical standpoint isn't of great use, imo.
However, as a
utilitarian, I find pirating to be counterproductive. It really does rob money from developers, which makes it harder for them to continue to make products. Is it
ever justified, however? Well, justified is a complicated word, but if one has already committed to not buy a game because the developer has taken actions to make it unattractive (require Origin, give a game ME3's ending...

etc), then they won't get the sale one way or the other, whether it's pirated or just not obtained. In my opinion, if a developer wants my money, they should make it worth my while to spend, and if they actively work in a fashion that does the opposite, then pirating is effectively the same as just not having as far them not earning their pay. It's tangibly no better or worse. I don't pirate often myself (usually just older stuff that can't be bought reasonably anymore), but if someone wants to in "protest", I can't usefully morally judge them, since that's subjective, and I can't find a utilitarian argument against it, so I really don't care.
When a company does do a satisfactory job, however, it is in the consumer's interest to pay the money that allows the continuation of titles from that developer, and generally, while I don't care if an individual finds it acceptable to pirate, I will note that overall, it's in society's best interest to stop all pirating as much as possible, insofar as attempts are reasonable, since I highly doubt that the tangible benefits of pirating outweigh the costs, as far as society is concerned.
Edited by Paul Inouye, 19 April 2012 - 08:47 PM.
There it is again... whoever took it off the filter has some splainin to do. >:(