Re: libertarians (was: Re: Owning a piece of my mind)

["Krishna E. Bera" <keb@Cyblings.ON.CA>]

Eric Eldred wrote:
> So there are some who say that the government there
> ought to produce the drugs itself, even if that
> means violating the patents or other intellectual
> property rights of the drug companies in the rich
> countries.  And there are others who say that
> instead of violating intellectual property rights,
> the citizens of Africa should choose to die.

How about neither?  The govt, being entrusted with the 
welfare of the people, should choose not to 
recognize intellectual property rights, because
such rights are incompatible with the basic human
rights freedom of thought and freedom of speech.
IPR is also against with the public good as it 
restricts knowledge to the wealthy and can no
longer be argued necessary to spread knowledge.