Curt Howland wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 01 March 2007 15:40, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: >> You realize that GNU and socialism have more in common than in >> difference, right? > > False. > > Socialist practices are ones of state concentration of power, > collective "ownership". Socialism is the government granted monopoly > for delivery of your local telephone wiring, your local electricity, > your local water, sewer, trash. Socialism is the government granted > monopoly that says you cannot draw three circles in a certain way, or > you can be punished by government as a proxy for Disney Corp. > Copyright and patent are _socialist_ institutions, because they are > monopoly grants backed by the coercive force of the state.
You're confusing socialism with totalitarianism. Please see my previous posts about this. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
