Microsoft Hatred FAQ

[Mike Meyer]

"David Schwartz" <davids at webmaster.com> writes:
> "Mike Meyer" <mwm at mired.org> wrote in message 
> news:868xwcevke.fsf at bhuda.mired.org...
>>> Microsoft's behavior consisted of arguments, that is, did not
>>> involve force, the threat of force, fraud, or the threat of
>>> fraud. This is perhaps the most vital distinction that there is.
>> Wrong. Either your definition of force is to narrow, or you're wrong
>> that it's the distinction is even vaguely vital. If I convince
>> everyone who might make food available to you not to do so - for
>> example, by paying them more than their interaction with you is worth
>> to them, I can starve you to death. I'd say I've used force against
>> you - an economic force.
>     Right, you would say that, because you don't see the difference between 
> guns and arguments.

Except I'm willing to allow your definition. All it takes is reading
the next paragraph for you to see that.

Of course, you've dropped the real point, which is your own inabillity
to distinguish between, as you put it, "guns and arguments." You
always act as if every mention of a crime committed by someone other
than microsoft involved guns, even when most of them don't. You have
as yet to offer any explanation for that other than that you're
following MS's orders.

>> This is the kind of force that MS wields
>> illegally. I'm willing to admit this isn't a usual definition of
>> force, and won't argue if you want to say that it isn't force. But in
>> that case, the fact that I didn't use "force" against you is
>> irrelevant to you - you're just as dead.
>     No, it is completely relevant. You are trying to say the means don't 
> matter if the same end is achieved. But if you're going to say that, you 
> might as well say there's no difference between shooting someone and letting 
> them die of natural causes.

Another straw man argument. I'm not trying to say anything of the
sort.

        <mike
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