It's total BS. If you don't want to pay for software, fine don't, but

    don't go on some religious crusade trying to get me to believe it's

    unethical so I won't either.
When you buy a copy of a non-free program, you pay with your money and

with your freedom.  You apparently don't assign much value to the

freedom that you would give up.
I respect your right to your views.