Ricky, don't you think that "weapon of the elite... to further their
own interests" would be offensive to anyone?

On Aug 8, 6:25 am, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's easy to forget how sensitive religious people are when you're not
> around them.  Most people I choose to talk to are atheists (that's not
> actually how I choose, at least not consciously), but all my wife's
> family are Catholics; before I was around them I'd have said something
> like that without worrying too much.
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 3:32 AM, Carl Jokl <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Great to see how attacking software patents turns to a slur on
> > religion.
>
> > I thought this group was comprised of technologists and other 'so
> > called' professionals
> > who would be expected to understand how offensive that kind of remark
> > could be to many people. I don't know about whether my taking
> > exception to it checked or unchecked.
>
> > On Aug 8, 1:59 am, mP <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> I wonder if religious people support patents more than non religious,
> >> primarily because patents are a weapon of the elite to further their
> >> own interests rather like the Bible and other so called holy books.
>
> >> On Aug 8, 4:47 am, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> > Only Cedric Beust that I know of.
>
> >> > On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 2:40 PM, phil swenson <[email protected]> 
> >> > wrote:
> >> > >http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2011/08/time-to-really-deal-with-the-...
>
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