Re: Bill Gates and Tsunamis

royls_at_telus.net
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 23:30:26 GMT

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 21:56:06 GMT, Bob Casanova <nospam@buzz.off>
wrote:

>On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 22:52:32 GMT, the following appeared in
>sci.skeptic, posted by royls@telus.net:
>
><snip crackbrained ranting>

Thank you for admitting that you know you have been refuted.

>>Irving Berlin's multi-millionaire grandkids are still screwing
>>royalties out of any high-school band that wants to play "God Bless
>>America,"
>
>No, they aren't, and I challenge you to provide a cite which
>says they are.

OK, I should have said "White Christmas."

As it happens, the royalties from "God Bless America" are in fact paid
to a charitable fund; but AFAIK Berlin's heirs get the royalties from
all the rest of his output, will continue to do so for decades, and
they are known to be quite aggressive about it, too.

>Are you even *capable* of telling the truth?

See above.

>> and you accuse _me_ of advocating "intellectual
>>parasitism"?????
>
>Yep, that's *exactly* what I'm accusing you of, since you
>want to benefit from the effort of other individuals without
>paying them for their work.

Of course I do. But so do you and the owners of every single patent
and copyright. You are just too stupid, ignorant and evil to
understand why everyone does so, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Have a look at

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2004/10/25/cx_2004deadcelebtears.html

for more examples of "intellectual parasitism." The rich are
benefitting from the effort of other individuals without paying them
for their work, why shouldn't the rest of us? Anyway, if we couldn't,
it would be a pretty bizarre and sorry world.

>Tell you what; since you seem to
>have no concept of the value of work, why don't you come
>over and cut my grass next summer; the septic tank could
>also use a cleaning. For free, of course.

Let me know if you ever think of anything relevant to say.

-- Roy L

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