(October 30, 2012 at 3:48 am)Violet Lilly Blossom Wrote: I believe you meant, "to choke out innovation and to slow progress in the protection of a monopoly." Because honestly... I cannot see a good reason for copyright to exist for longer than *one* (nonrenewable) year.
The reason is the same as why you are allowed to hold any other piece of property for more than one year.
(October 30, 2012 at 3:48 am)Violet Lilly Blossom Wrote: Why should one be praised for having been jealous... for resenting another for what they have? That's just plain unfriendly and misplaced, especially when envious of someone you care for. Jealousy is a horrible feeling... the paranoia, the absence of trust, the black desires causing one to want for harm upon another... why would this be a good thing? Simply: there are not 'two forms' for jealousy... there is wist and envy. Wistfulness is a pleasant or sad dream of what might have been, a fantasy... not that sick and mired covetous possessiveness.
Yes, jealousy is absolutely base. All of the time.
I disagree. Jealousy can be a great motivator for self-betterment. I'm usually jealous of all of my closest friends for what they've achieved and I didn't. In fact, if a person doesn't have something I'd be jealous of, I wouldn't respect him enough to build a friendship.
