How to Retail Wire Values for ENTIRE VI Hierarchy

[Aristos Queue]

jcarmoody:

That's how far enforcement of copyright naturally extends.

Yes. AS DOES ALL LAW.

All law is based on the ultimate ability of a government to force compliance. Any sufficiently flagrant violation must be met with force or the law is meaningless. The whole point of the law is to make sure we are all conforming and to penalize non-conformity. That's the *goal*. Now, when we talk about ethical government, we talk about force commensurate with the particular law being broken. We talk about rational checks and balances on the use of force. We talk about law written to maximize certain principles and minimize others.

If I own a piece of paper and a pen, and I write on that paper something that I read somewhere else, the natural conclusion to copyright arguments is that the original author and/or government is justified in using whatever force is necessary (including murder) to prevent me from selling it.

Yes. Exactly. Now the open questions are:

A) Is this a justified law?

B) If so, what is the justified force to use in enforcing it?

Those "appeals to emotion" that you hear are answers to these questions. Asking whether it is fair for X to be penalized if Y is allowed can be seen as an emotional appeal, but it is also asking the question of just balance.

[ShaunR]

Well. We are so OT.........what the hell:

 

[curiouspuya]

Wow ppl..... I just wanted someone to enlighten me about how to programmatically retain wire values. in my wildest imagination I never conceived that it would end up invoking murder for breach of copyright....  hope it never comes to that!

[jcarmody]

I'm not crazy; my mother had me tested!

[Antoine Chalons]

That's a well hijacked thread indeed!

[curiouspuya]

I'm not crazy; my mother had me tested!

 

All the same, I will be careful never to copy your code incase you decide to murder me!

[jcarmody]

You're safe with me.  This reminds me that I need to make this into a Quick Drop plugin.

 

[curiouspuya]

Wonderfull!  Thanks Jim...for the RCF and for NOT murdering!

[GregFreeman]

invoking murder for breach of copyright

 

Is this an option if you activate private properties and methods?