I make the point including some humor to demonstrate the flaws of 
empowering trademark holders too much. I use myself and my own trademark 
as an example of why people like me should NOT be empowered.

On 1/21/2012 8:36 PM, Avri Doria wrote:
> On 21 Jan 2012, at 23:16, Marc Perkel wrote:
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>> If I control REALITY on the Internet - wouldn't that make me a deity?
> i think the extension of trademark into theology is further afield than even the IPC and the other friends of marking common words for usurption  would go.
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> While I favor adding comments along the lines that Kathy and Timothe suggest, I hope we can avoid going this far.  I certainly hope we avoid Theology and Deification as sub themes.  I actually also hope we can avoid giving any support for the trademark of common language words that should be protected from marking as part of the cultural commons.
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> I will avoid, except for this single sentence, discussions of the category error involved in confusing the word 'reality' for the actuality of reality.
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> avri
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