Re: virus: Methods of Thinking

Lee Daniel Crocker (lcrocker@calweb.com)
Tue, 22 Apr 1997 09:41:14 -0700 (PDT)


> >The behaviors I have in mind are: 1) the .sig file recently
> >used by Lee Daniel Crocker, stating that all ideas and whatnot
> >are placed in the public domain, and 2) a paragraph from Robin
> >Faichney, stating that a particular idea is property, and that
> >theft of said property would not be greeted with exclamations
> >of joy.
>
> No need to invoke "methods of thinking". I'm just a selfish
> bastard, while Lee is perfectly altruistic.

Hey, I resent that remark. I've been described as many things,
but never an altruist. I believe there is no more fundamentally
moral act than earning a profit by free trade; no motive more
noble than self-interest; no sin greater than self-sacrifice.
It is precisely because of these beliefs that I carry them to a
conclusion that most don't even bother thinking through: that
libertarian principles oppose intellectual property law. That
does not in any way affect by beliefs about real property. If
you trespass on my land, you'd better be wearing a kevlar jacket.

-- 
Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com>  <http://www.piclab.com/lcrocker.html>
"All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past,
are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified
for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC