Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)
To   : comp.programming
From : Gerry Quinn
Date : Mon Sep 19 2005 12:22 pm

In article <18cXe.15678$R5.1139@news.indigo.ie>, 
david.golden@oceanfree.net says...
> Gerry Quinn wrote:
> 
> > < "Those addicted to eating the flesh of their fellow humans should be
> > aware that the brain is by far the tastiest part" - Thomas Harris. >
> > 
> > That is couched in terms of advice - but the important point is that
> > it misuses the name of Thomas Harris in order to make an implied claim
> > of his endorsement for a program he may well find disgusting.
> 
> Uh-huh. "implied claim". What you choose to claim I implied is your
> business.  I'm not going to waste much time refuting claims I didn't
> actually make.  

Your moral vacuum regarding this issue makes your other propositions 
especially laughable.

When a famous person in a particle sphere of work is deliberately 
quoted out of context (doubly, given that it was a fictional character, 
and in no way an avatar for the author's views) in order to support a 
particular view regarding that sphere, it implies an endorsement and is 
nothing other than a lie.

I'm not surprised.  You HATE creative authors.  One can scent it on 
every word you write.

- Gerry Quinn

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