Monthly Archives: October 2007
The Model of Post-Copyright Incentive
Looking at the litigious tactics of the RIAA and MPAA, it’s becoming more and more apparent that this isn’t how a legitimate business model works. Scaring your consumers into buying your goods reeks of pre-Capitalist Monarchical tactics used to enrich themselves at the expense of their constituents, which is exactly what we see in these [...]Unfounded Prejudice against the Bible
For all the apologetics and reasonability Christians strive for, it seems that message is being heard less and less. Easily debunkable arguments are increasingly circulating among even America’s intellectual elite (I can’t speak for universities elsewhere, but I imagine the situation is similar if not worse) as irrefutable fact and signs of self-sophistication. The use [...]Ridicule, Scare Tactics, and Piracy on Campus
More than logic, more than emotional appeal and more than fear of punishment, there’s nothing like ridicule to kill an idea. People fear looking stupid in many cases more than they fear consequences – after all, you could go down as a martyr. And where’s the fun in that for the status quo power? It [...]