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Only in copyright law does "The law is currently this" stand in as an argument for, "And, therefore, the law should exist in this form, or one even more stringe
by Malician 12y ago
Only in copyright law does "The law is currently this" stand in as an argument for, "And, therefore, the law should exist in this form, or one even more stringent, for all eternity."
He is arguing the law should change, as it should. He advanced arguments, which you may dislike, for why it should. And you respond with, simply, "the law currently says this."
- res0nat0r 12y agoGreat, but you wanting the law to change doesn't in fact mean you get to ignore the law as it exists today.
- icebraining 12y agoWho said anything about ignoring the law? You're arguing against a straw man.
- res0nat0r 12y agoAll of your posts pretty much talk about how you think "information wants to be free" (aka: free music, movies, games and other entertainment) so I don't see any strawman here.
- icebraining 12y agoLabeling people is easy, but it doesn't lead to fruitful discussion. You just end up talking past other people. If you wanted to discuss the propriety of abiding by the law, I'm sure there were more appropriate threads to do so.
- Malician 12y agoThat justifies their allegation that you are using a straw man; it appears that you were replying to me but arguing against them.