On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Andrew Whitworth <wknight8111(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Anthony
<wikimail(a)inbox.org> wrote:
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Mike Godwin
<mgodwin(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I'm sorry, Thomas, but until people learn to
use jurisprudential
concepts such as "moral rights" properly, I have a moral obligation to
point out where they are used mistakenly.
You have a moral obligation? I thought you dismissed morality as a
religious belief for which there is no evidence in the physical world.
Or is it merely the concept that we ought to give credit to authors that you
deem to be religious in nature?
This discussion has descended far below the threshold of usefulness
now. If there's nothing else to talk about besides thinly-veiled ad
hominems and "I know more philosophy then you" mental masturbation,
could this discussion please go off-list?
Hear, hear. I'm glad that I can respond to Andrew's post here,
because if I had been replying to either Thomas, Anthony or Mike the
following would have seemed to be directed at someone specifically,
which it is not:
Please Stop It.
This thread used to be on the "Re-licensing" issue, which is an issue
many people are interested it. Thus, you can't even bring up the usual
"Well, it's off-topic, but everyone can filter it out of their inbox
by a subject-filter" counter-argument, because many people actually
*do* care about the Re-licensing and do not intend at all to filter it
out of their inbox. What has happened, though, is that the thread has
first been hijacked by a discussion about "moral rights" and other
legal and philosophical concepts (which I myself found at least
interesting, if completely off-topic) and now, it has gone down to a
rather pathetic "I have studied philosophy, you have no clue." "I
don't need to have studied philosophy to have a clue." "I have studied
Mathematics and you are a bad philosopher" type of chat, which is an
absolute no-go.
Really, take it offlist. I hope I don't need to enforce this plea
because I'm not actually in the mood to do so.
Michael
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mbimmler(a)gmail.com