Reply #13: Point taken [View All]

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

I just put the misleading term in quotes. Didn't take it off because the title also mention patents.

The grouping of patents, copyright and trademarks under the term "intellectual property" would be just another harmless definition if not for the word "property", which makes it sound like a sacred right.

Me, I see (or rather feel) this "Intellectual Property" growing extremism as a monster that threatens to engulf all possibility of progress and freedom in human society -- it may very well evoke negative connotations (owning thought? Yikes!) instead of positive, over time.

By the way, couldn't the most effective way to fight GM foods be to deny them patent rights?