So now, the law is balanced again. Pedestrians are given safe crossing points but the roads belong to vehicles.
It was never common sense that cigarettes didn't cause harm. It was a lack of medical research.
It is common sense that piracy is theft. You the deprivation argument is utter bullshit. Otherwise you won't mind if I make copies of all of your house keys; car keys and private documentation. After all; I am not depriving you of the originals and they are just a series of atoms. No biggie.
Seriously; just grow up.
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/19962/when-we-lost-...
Roads didn't "belong" to vehicles--in fact, it was generally considered that the driver of the larger vehicle in an accident was at fault, which is common sense.
As for cigarettes, consider the old ads:
http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1848212_17...
As for piracy--look, taking my keys (even to make a copy) requires the temporary loss of access to them, whereas with files it does not. Arguments against copyright infringement cannot hang on stealing, because it is plainly not stealing: instead, you have to construct them as being about the infringement on somebody's right to control access to their works (which is a bit more subtle, and far from settled).
You need to read more and talk less, and maybe you'll learn something. I don't blame you for being brainwashed by the societal norms these days, but if you want to be taken seriously you need to google your way to success.
I suppose that says it all! What a brilliant demonstration of exactly why you should be ignored.
Keep up the good work, you are a fine example of modern reasoning.
It's that "common sense" is more a function of good advertising than, you know, what actually makes sense.
It's "common sense" that pedestrians should stay out of streets--except that that was the result of careful lobbying by auto makers in the early 1900s.
It's "common sense" decades ago that cigarettes didn't cause harm to anyone --except that they do.
It's "common sense" that piracy is tantamount to theft--except that copying a file does not deprive the original owner of their information.
"Common sense" is a tired refrain used by people who are either too narrow-minded to actually think through policies or who are shilling for a larger player.
Maybe you should start thinking critically about why things are the way they are and whether or not that's actually necessary--after all, that's just common sense.