All true, but when the elected and the elected
declare a constraint (like alcohol banned), guess
what happens? (01)
That is what is great about America, at least so
far... (02)
-Rich (03)
Sincerely,
Rich Cooper
EnglishLogicKernel.com
Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com
9 4 9 \ 5 2 5 - 5 7 1 2 (04)
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From: ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of John F Sowa
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 6:29 PM
To: ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Patent application
for using a formal ontology in NLP (05)
On 7/5/2014 5:02 PM, Rich Cooper wrote:
> You are thinking about patents in a moral way,
rather than a legal way.
> Law doesn't do morality, and neither do politics
or business. (06)
That is certainly true. (07)
But the people who make laws -- citizens, voters,
and the people they
elect -- must consider the long-term implications:
ethics, justice,
the pursuit of happiness, the common good, a more
perfect union,
opportunity for everybody, a balance between
exploiting available
and preserving the environment for future
generations... (08)
America is extremely lucky in having an excellent
selection of
educated, ethical people with long-term vision at
exactly the
right moment in history. But they weren't
perfect, they fought
a lot, and they came up with a system that
emphasized compromise
between different points of view. (09)
John (010)
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