I noticed a locked thread in the buying and selling section of this forum, when a member asked about buying a modded PS1, so he could play imports and backups.
It was locked with a note that said "Mod Chips are illegal".
Huh? Is this true? I know for a fact that as of right now, in the Great White North anyway, they are NOT illegal. Are you telling me that in the supposedly free-est country in the world (the USA) that modifying your personal property is illegal? You can't change the chips in your cars to improve horsepower? You can't increase the fuel efficiency of your own lawn mowers? You can't put a GE compressor into your Kelvinator Fridge? You can't modify your US Saturn to play Japanese imports? Are you allowed to paint your house?
If this is the case, who runs the US? It's citizens, or the companies that profit from them?
The mere phrase, ""Illegal Modification"" makes my blood boil. Now I'm being told what I can and can't do with property I own free and clear? It's mine dammit, and I can f*ck it up if I want to. >
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