Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 01:52:12 08/08/01
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On August 08, 2001 at 04:21:56, Adam Oellermann wrote: > >>Terrible example, but I got Ricardo's point. Let's get a better example: >>In many (most?) places in US it is illegal for mothers to breastfeed their >>babies in public (and there are many other idiotic laws but this one will >>suffice). Even in a parking lot, inside your car. >>Some people breastfeed anyway just because they do not know the law or >>because they *believe* that the law is outrageous and even anti-constitutional >>or because righteously believe that their children are first. >>Would i judge them as doing something wrong? of course not, in fact I admired >>them to follow what they think is correct in their conscience. >>You present a very linear picture of what is right or wrong, based upon the >>written law. It is not that linear. If it were, we would have burocratic >>employees doing the justice rather than judges and jurors. There is always >>interpretation and there are always laws that contradict each other and many >>that contradict the Constitution. It is not an exact science, because the >>concept of "right" and "wrong" it is not black and white. There is a lot of >>greys. >>Particularly in US, there are lots of people that were willing to disobey the >>written law just to have the chance to go to court and show that the law is.. >>illegal... (anti-constitutional for instance). Right or wrong Larry Flint comes >>to mind. Disobedience is not always a bad thing, and besides, US was built on >>disobedience (the second amendment is still there as a living proof). >>Chaos is not good, but a perfect order (monopoly) is also bad. When you have >>sumise people willing to accept everything you are in real trouble as a country. >> > >I don't get this argument. Microsoft are not imposing terms on anyone. They are >not making "laws". The software license is a voluntary agreement - if you don't >like it, don't enter into the agreement - ie don't buy the software. The idea >that you can't buy a computer without Windows installed is rubbish, in my >experience. At the very worst, you can buy the parts and assemble them. > >- Adam It makes a difference if they are a monopoly.
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