On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Florence Devouard <Anthere9(a)yahoo.com>wrote;wrote:
Nathan wrote:
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Anthony
<wikimail(a)inbox.org> wrote:
> What are you saying here? Do you think free speech is promoted by
telling
people
"no" when they ask if they can use your trademark, but then not
doing
anything when someone uses it without asking?
Is that something they taught you in law school, or did you learn it on
your
own?
Anthony
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Anthony, you can probably ask a question or express your disagreement
without being disparaging, right? I know sometimes you choose not to when
being critical of the organization, but it would probably improve the
chances that Foundation staffers like Mike take your points seriously.
Nathan
This said, Anthony has a point.
Ant
Well, like I said, my purpose wasn't to make a point, but to ask questions.
I've learned better than to try to make points in this particular e-mail
forum.
I really don't understand what Mike was trying to say. My second question
was designed to express what precisely it was about his statement that I
didn't understand. And my third question, which I suppose was the one
considered "disparaging", was somewhat pre-emptive. Mike has a tendency to
answer questions of this sort with an appeal to his status as a famous
lawyer, and therefore as someone whose statements are (in his mind) beyond
question by us little people. So I wanted to clarify in advance which parts
of his statement he thought could be understood (and not just accepted
without question) by those of us who decided not to go to law school.