Smart people keep having the same tired arguments for the nth time for the past 2500 years. That's just the result the result of those question being fundamental and difficult to answer objectively.
The piracy thing seems like a silly semantic issue on the face of it but the semantics strike at the heart of the issue.
I wont question if it's true or false. But the mere repetition makes what the grandparent says true: this is not a site full of smart people.
Or at least: this is not a site full of smart people _above_ repeating for the nth time the same tired internet flames.