I was going to flame that reply, but it flames itself. Anyone that has the mental capacity to read and understand the complete evidence knows what complete idiocy was presented by the anonymous coward.
Presenting selective evidence is no better than being selective with the experts chosen. It is estimated by some scientists that specialize in astrophysics and geology that the Earth was 6-7 degrees F. warmer during the years 800-1300 AD than it is today. In contrast, the Earth has warmed only 1 degree F. over the last century. The scientists used multiple sources for their data; whereas, the original global warming presentation to congress was highly selective with its data about the earliest years.
Conclusion: before rushing to judgement on their data, make sure that it stands up to thorough scientific review and not just political correctness review.
Do any of you know who Phyllis Schlaffly is? She is a conservative constitutional attorney that is opposed to the current copyright scheme. You can find information about her views on copyrights here.
She claims the founders only allowed for copyrights and patents so that a person may have a limited period of time to profit from their work, not a nearly permanent monopoly over their work as is now the case. Furthermore, if a person should choose to use their copyright or patent to allow others to benefit, this also is their choice. Indeed, Benjamin Franklin refused to patent his own inventions so that all may benefit from his work.
So, even though the "copyleft" may be painted as a "leftist" idea, many true conservative constitutionalists will readily agree with the right of the authors to determine how their work is used during the period that they hold the copyright. Even further, they will agree that the copyright should be held only for a very limited time. It all ties in with that freedom and liberty thing that was so big back in the late 18th century and is, in fact, the very embodiment of a true conservative's political beliefs.
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I was going to flame that reply, but it flames itself. Anyone that has the mental capacity to read and understand the complete evidence knows what complete idiocy was presented by the anonymous coward.
Presenting selective evidence is no better than being selective with the experts chosen. It is estimated by some scientists that specialize in astrophysics and geology that the Earth was 6-7 degrees F. warmer during the years 800-1300 AD than it is today. In contrast, the Earth has warmed only 1 degree F. over the last century. The scientists used multiple sources for their data; whereas, the original global warming presentation to congress was highly selective with its data about the earliest years.
Conclusion: before rushing to judgement on their data, make sure that it stands up to thorough scientific review and not just political correctness review.
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Do any of you know who Phyllis Schlaffly is? She is a conservative constitutional attorney that is opposed to the current copyright scheme. You can find information about her views on copyrights here. She claims the founders only allowed for copyrights and patents so that a person may have a limited period of time to profit from their work, not a nearly permanent monopoly over their work as is now the case. Furthermore, if a person should choose to use their copyright or patent to allow others to benefit, this also is their choice. Indeed, Benjamin Franklin refused to patent his own inventions so that all may benefit from his work. So, even though the "copyleft" may be painted as a "leftist" idea, many true conservative constitutionalists will readily agree with the right of the authors to determine how their work is used during the period that they hold the copyright. Even further, they will agree that the copyright should be held only for a very limited time. It all ties in with that freedom and liberty thing that was so big back in the late 18th century and is, in fact, the very embodiment of a true conservative's political beliefs.