On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 01:06:09PM +1030, Antony Blakey wrote: > I was only pointing out that the argument about 'but you can find other > stuff on gipirate' is trumped by the explicit intention manifested in the > name. My response to gipirate was independent of whether it should appear > on the couch page. There are many things that I'm passionately opposed > to, such as gambling, misogynistic porn, religion, IP theft, patent abuse > etc etc, ad infinitum it sometimes seems. The extent of my passion > partially motivates my concern to eliminate the opportunity for such > issues to arise in the context of the couch wiki. It's separation of > concerns. I am however personally more Kantian than moral relativist. > Furthermore, see my sig.
I like relativism, but I try to avoid the nihilistic or laissez-fair tendencies of naïve relativism. In any case, what does Dickinson have to do with ethical objectivism? What are your thoughts on Kant? Something for IRC perhaps. Heh heh. > And whilst I disagree vehemently with the (especially geek) culture of > 'everything for free', there is a need for an opposing force in the face of > public apathy about the deeper underlying issue. Everything for free? Eek! I wouldn't presume to think you weren't already well versed with the free software philosophy, but I think it's important to point out that free software is about software freedom, not price. Here are some interesting essays that cover that in more depth: The Free Software Definition http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Why “Open Source” misses the point of Free Software http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html Best, -- Noah Slater, http://tumbolia.org/nslater
