[Patents] Patnews on Pierret

[Bernard Lang <Bernard.Lang@inria.fr> (Bernard Lang)]

I will withdraw nothing, simply because this was not meant as an insult,
but as a simple restatement of a position you have expressed,
though I agree it is not the most common meaning of the word
(you are welcome to teach me another word)

  you say yourself that patents apply to everything or to nothing

according to webster, the word "totalitarian" can mean "tending toward
monopoly" ...  and that is, figuratively, what your position is.
Monopolistic, since nothing can escape it ... 

Bernard

On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 06:36:50PM -0400, Gregory Aharonian wrote:
> Bernard, what was the point of the following insult:
> 
> > However, being less of a totalitarian than Greg,   .....
> 
> It adds nothing to the discussion.  Will you retract this insult?  You
> know nothing of my politics.
> 
> Greg Aharonian

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