You made some great points. For me, I think of copyright and protecting specific works, like entire books, articles, etc - not derivatives. But as you pointed out, that is not how it is applied. It is frequently abused to crush and stifle things that are clearly NOT copies.
I suppose I should say I am not opposed to the concept of copyright in very narrow conceptual terms, rather than current real-world applications.
This is true. But it’s the only option for certain things.
“The Bible” doesn’t exist. It’s a collection of disparate works by many different authors, from different cultures, over hundreds-to-thousands of years. Despite that, there is not a single “anti-homosexual” line anywhere in it. The word itself does not even exist in any of the original texts. Translations that include the word “homosexual” have deliberately mistranslated… and English translations in particular are especially guilty of this.
Again, I am not defending the many heinous things in those texts, I am pointing out how they have been abused, misused, and twisted by a corrupt political power for it’s own benefit.
There was an interesting comment I saw earlier today where a Texas pastor mentioned how he doesn’t like to use the word “Christian” any more because it’s come to mean something that is the polar opposite of what Jesus taught. Jesus was a humanist. I can imagine him, Buddha, and Carl Sagan being very good friends.
My point is, you are so preoccupied with labels that the actual ideals and behavior aren’t part of your equation. Therefore your analogy is unrelated to the reality.
As Frederick Douglass put it, American Christianity (or what we today call “Christian Nationalism”) is not Christian. I’d even call it decidedly antichrist.
This reminds me of the words of Frederick Douglass.
…between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference—so wide, that to receive the one as good, pure, and holy, is of necessity to reject the other as bad, corrupt, and wicked. To be the friend of the one, is of necessity to be the enemy of the other. I love the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christianity of Christ: I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this land. Indeed, I can see no reason, but the most deceitful one, for calling the religion of this land Christianity. I look upon it as the climax of all misnomers, the boldest of all frauds, and the grossest of all libels. Never was there a clearer case of “stealing the livery of the court of heaven to, serve the devil in.” I am filled with unutterable loathing when I contemplate the religious pomp and show, together with the horrible inconsistencies, which every where surround me.
The entire thing is worth reading. The “corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this land” is clearly the very same that overwhelmingly persists and thrives today… 180 years later.
Nazi-style eugenics is the crux of their entire platform.
We’re also pansexual genderfluid woke leftist trekkie furries. That’s why you love us.
It talks about incestuously raping your male slaves (but female slaves are fine if you follow some extra rules), about raping children, and about temple prostitution. None of those things concern homosexuality, particularly monogamous, consensual, not-of-the-same-household same-sex relationships.
The catholic church has twisted those things into something completely different than what they say. But we have those texts in their original languages and they are pretty darn clear. I’m amazed the church has gotten away with it for so long… but then they do have a policy of “what the church says is as good as scripture” so…
Good on them. Those are all solid choices.
I prefer Evolution over Thunderbird, personally. But to be fair, there aren’t any mail clients for Linux that I would say I genuinely like. I’m always open to suggestions, though.
Wikipedia started out as being extremely unreliable. So did Lycos, AltaVista, Yahoo, etc. Those things have matured over the 30+ years they’ve been around, but they didn’t start that way. The ability to research, confirm, and corroborate is an important part of life. It always has been and always will be.
Ok, fair.
In my defense, I wasn’t thinking of mass market brands, but things like korean bbq taco trucks, NY style pizza, smoked beef brisket, cajun seafood boil, pumpkin pie, and other crazy fusions created by a mingling of the worlds immigrants making due with they can get.
Unfortunately… gestures everywhere
Judeo-Christian scriptures are many things, including misogynistic (women are literally considered property), but they are not, and never have been, homophobic. Not defending them, just pointing out one of those fun facts that gets overlooked because people accept what they’re told - including in the form of compromised translations - without ever raising a finger to confirm if it’s accurate. They want to believe it, so they do.
I’m sorry. I only downvoted you for slandering our food. The rest is accurate.
If you don’t see the enormous double standard you applied in your last comment, then there’s nothing more for anyone to discuss here.
Copyrighting is one of the few forms of IP I support. It’s highly specific and genuinely protects creators.
Patents, on the other hand, need to be destroyed.
And speaking as a tech enthusiast (and if you are on the fediverse right now I’d argue that also applies to you) GenAI has few valid use cases, and almost no valid use-cases under capitalism. I’d argue Meta’s plan to detect NSFL content qualifies, but that’s just old fashioned ML, not GenAI… so my point stands.
I have always been opposed to the concept of “homework”, so I would support this.
It depends. The smells and flavors run quite a gamut.
Smells: gasoline, body odor, hot trash can, tire fire, rotting onions, raccoon decomposing under the house. In the best cases, a sweet rancid musk, like a field of wild fruit at the end of the season, with all the fruit rotting on the ground.
Tastes: Egg custard, vanilla pudding, brie cheese with dates, kerosine-soaked bread, unwashed armpits after a day of hard work in the hot sun.
I just like how overtly humanist and socialist Jesus’ teachings are. “Rich people are evil. Be good to others and share everything you have with those in need. If you don’t, my daddy takes that personally and will burn you like the trash you are at the end of time.”
It’s wholesome.