Re: "My dad is a pirate."

[JEDIDIAH]

On 2008-02-15, cc <scatnubbs@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 14, 5:10 pm, JEDIDIAH <j...@nomad.mishnet> wrote:
>> On 2008-02-14, Banty <Banty_mem...@newsguy.com> wrote:
>>
>> > In article <7aoe85-j8o....@ridcully.ntlworld.com>, spi...@freenet.co.uk 
>> > says...
>>
>> >>In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.advocacy,
>> >>chrisv <chr...@nospam.invalid> didnst hastily scribble thusly:
>> >>> spi...@freenet.co.uk wrote:
>>
>> >>>>In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.advocacy,
>> >>>>chrisv <chr...@nospam.invalid> didnst hastily scribble thusly:
>> >>>>> Ingoramus21499 wrote:
>> [deletia]
>> >>What physical property did he deprive some other entity (be it person or
>> >>company) of?
>>
>> > Notice how these folks always specify "physical"...
>>
>>     The abuse of terms by others makes this necessary.
>>
>>     If it would make you happier we could use actual legal terms
>> like "real property" and "personal property".
>>
>>     Physical things are scarce. The notion of exclusion makes
>> remarkably more sense with physical objects since harm and
>> deprivation are much more obvious and much more real.
>>
>>
>>
>> >>Copying a file is not theft because the so called "victim" is not deprived
>> >>of the original.
>>
>> > Have you heard of theft of services?
>>
>>     Something else that is a recent invention. The nice thing about
>> genuine theft is it is something that is unambigiously not OK and this
>> goes back to the dawn of civilization. The earliest written laws
>> mention the theft of physical things.
>>
>
> Because the only things around to steal were physical. Times have
> changed and the updated meanings given to words reflect that. "You
> stole my idea" goes back to the dawn of civilization too. It may not
> have been written down though.

     You mean they didn't have things like books and music?

     Sophocles might beg to differ.

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