On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org wrote:
Anthony writes:
Just because a right isn't recognized, does not mean that I do not have it.
I have a right to your house. Oh, sure, it's not recognized by anyone, but I promise I have it!
Why would you call it *my* house, then?
In any case, moral rights are recognized by many people, just not indisputably under Florida law.
Sometimes I wonder whether you're being intentionally obtuse. How
in the world could a lawyer familiar with constitutional law not know that? Seriously, that's appalling.
I suppose it is appalling to anyone who cherishes naive notions about the meaning of a specialized term like "moral rights" that other people may choose not to employ them naively. To be frank, those of us who actually have to work with such terms don't have the luxury of using them sloppily and naively.
I see, so you *were* being intentionally obtuse. To try to teach me a lesson. I have to admit I'm glad that's what it was. To have to conclude that you were a complete dolt would have been much more shocking than the conclusion that you're a troll.
And I did learn a lesson. I learned about your ignorance of right and wrong, and got a glimpse of the nihilism it stems from.