> From: "knarftheria...@gmail.com" <knarftheria...@gmail.com> > > As I understand it communism is "common ownership of the means of production". > > I'm not sure what that has to do with Instagram stealing photographs. > > Sadly, the term "communism" has been misused and abused more than just about > any other word in the past century - including by those who purport to be > communists (but clearly aren't). > > cheers, > frank
Well Frank, the meaning of words change over time. Some words are misused either accidentally or deliberately. Some words grow in meaning and come to encompass wider concepts, or that same word can be used to describe a smaller attribute of a larger whole. You know that though... :) I used the term in the sense that it applies to a general lack of regard for personal property rights, and probably most readers understood it in that context. As I understand now, Instagram/Facebook is back-pedaling saying that what they wrote isn't what they really meant. I find that hard to swallow because dishonesty and unbridled self-interest is easy to disguise and cover over as accidental, ineptness or stupidity. I had no doubts about what the TOS in question meant when I read it. I recall an underwear manufacturer commercial in the past depicting only white underwear as being 'communistic' or like living under a communist system because of a relative lack of choice. Viewers got the point. As Gerrit, wrote the terms democracy and capitalism (and just about any word) can be used in endless ways. Do you know what the word pedantic means? I'm sure you do. I do... sometimes I'm that way. :) Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
