[Upd-discuss] Jewish Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame sued over trademark violation

[Rob Myers]

On 18 Feb 2005, at 18:10, Jason Tanenbaum wrote:

> I think it's troubling to say that there is a right or wrong focus of 
> discussion.

Would arguing that there is be a wrong focus of discussion?

> There are clearly multiple levels of discussion and abstraction

Such as?

> - a reality of many political debates.

Such as?

> They need not be mutually exclusive.

This is how Intelligent Design gets on curricula.

> Who is to say that the common free speech concerns that run through 
> the different areas of law are less important than the specific policy 
> issues of each?

Who is to say they are more important than the obvious differences? And 
can they please do so in the form of a falsifiable argument?

> Doesn't context matter?

If there cannot be a right or wrong focus then context does not matter; 
it is at best an amusing diversion.

"Intellectual Property", like "Piracy", is a term so loaded, broad, and 
complicit that it hampers reasoned debate by making any criticism look 
like an attack on common sense. Arguing that this is just one discourse 
amongst many is making a value judgement by suspending one.

- Rob.