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Tanya Grotter and the Magic Double Bass

Posted by michael on from the out-of-tune dept.

Slate has a piece about Harry Potter and copyright worldwide that is a disguised call for copyright reform. Well written, well argued, extremely good argument, won't be picked up anywhere else.

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  1. Re:Nothing new under the sun... by JonathanBoyd · · Score: 1, Troll
    Now you see, that is a self-contradictory position to hold. You cannot say as an absolute truth that there is no absolute truth. And the very exclusion of a belief that claims other bleiefs are wrong on the basis that you want every belief to be accepted as possible defeats the idea of accepting every belief. If you want them all to possible then you are requiring mutually exclusive beliefs to be able to exist at the same time - a logical impossability.

    Logic requires that we accept that not all beliefs can be simultaneously valid. Some must be wrong, therefore it is possible that all but one are wrong. Such is the position of Christianity, as Lewis very correctly realised. Yes, that's going to offend a lot of people particularly those who hold other beliefs, but:
    1) It would not be loving to allow them to contineu with a belief that is wrong without at least telling them that
    2) It's pretty offensive to see people putting something other than God first. And how many times a day do you hear someone exclaiming 'Jesus Christ!' or 'Oh my God!'? Bet that would be a lot less acceptable if it was Buddah or Allah being used instead. Respect for people's beliefs rarely seems to extend to cover Chrisitanity.