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Patented virus and resulted deaths
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 24 2013 @ 05:49 AM EDT

.. and the medical industry is the one industry that is held up as a shining
example of all that is good and true about the patent system.

Can you imagine?

These patents cause people to DIE. Nobody has ever proved they help promote
innovation. The benefits the medical industry cites can be had in other ways.
Yet, these people are addicted to government-granted monopolies on life, and
will not give them up.

The patent system needs to die.

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A patent as 'weapon of terror' / WMD
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 24 2013 @ 07:31 AM EDT
In a more or less follow-up of some previous issues where a
fertilizer bomb was designated a WMD, would not this much
better qualify?

- Strikes at random targets: check
- Multiple and/or non-military targets: check

So: Please dump the full force of the DOJ on the patent-
holder please... Where is that lady-of-many-felonies when you
need her?

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How far are you willing to follow that reasoning ?
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 24 2013 @ 12:28 PM EDT
If you have money to spare, and you buy a new shiny pc/phone/tabelt instead of
giving that money (in the form of food) to starving people (yes they do exist,
and when not fed not for long) does that make you a murderer ?

When parents willingly give birth (well, one of them) they could/should have
known that that kid will die (eventually).
Does that make them murderers ?
They know someone will die, don't they ?

(And combined) when people in very unfortunate circumstances have kids in
similar or worse conditions, it won't be pretty for them. Big chance things go
wrong.
( or missery ends, depending on point of view )
Should one judge the parents ?





It is all decisions and consequences.

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Patented virus and resulted deaths
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 25 2013 @ 12:25 PM EDT
Too bad the patent holders can't be tried in criminal courts
for the deaths. Or can they? (Probably not in the US, unless
the deaths occur here, but maybe The Hague)

Have a great day.:)
Patrick.

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