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Forbes on Lessig and Eldred
scubacuda writes "In the Forbes editorial, Fact and Comment , Steve Forbes voices his support for Lessig and the Eldred case: 'Maybe Congress should just be done with it and declare that a copyright is forever....Stanford Law School professor Lawrence Lessig has proposed a sensible compromise..."[I]f Congress is listening to the frustration that the court's decision has created, [paying to maintain copyright extensions] would be a simple and effective way for the First Branch to respond." He's absolutely right.'"
Aw, damn... that should have been "think of it this way".
I don't understand why Slashdot doesn't allow you to edit posts. Stupid Slashdot. And now I have to sit here for two minutes before I can post again. Well, maybe I'll tell you a story.
Once upon a time, there was a very evil girlfriend. How evil was she? She spread lies about the poor computer geek in her Live Journal. The poor computer stumbled upon this journal one day, and he was very hurt. "Why," he cried, "would you say these things about me?" The evil girlfriend replied, "Well, from a certain perspective, they are true." The poor geek was not amused by this Jedi bullshit, so he told off the evil girlfriend and swore off dating for a full year. After a year of no sex, he began to doubt that his resolution was really all that wise. Fortunately, he discovered an extremely horny girl who had many perverted fantasies. And he lived happily ever after, getting much kinky sex.
This is somewhat OT, but I'm really curious about it. In '98, when Forbes was running for President, my family supported him because they'd met him, my dad worked with him a little bit many years ago, and they were big fans of 'that kind' of republican-ism. I disagree with them on most everything, but I found it much more difficult to argue against several of Forbes' platforms. I was also 18 at the time, so not really in a position to be able to.
What do slashdotters think of the flat tax, especially? I understand the principles but am not very well educated in the specifics of the pros and cons (the cons, mostly). It certainly sounds like a good idea on paper.