[WS:] Because information is public good http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good and food is not.
And while we are at that, if driving is free, for the most part, why can't be information? Or food? Food is also a right not an entitlement.
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Oct 9, 2013, at 4:08 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Doug: "Spoiled entitlement."
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> > [WS:] Access to information is a right not an entitlement.
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> The NYT spends something like $300 million a year gathering news. As long
> as we live in a capitalist society, someone has to pay for it. Why do you
> think you have a right to it for free? And not, say, food?
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> Doug
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