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I never disrespected anything. I was just responding to people who say that books are a special thing and this does or does not apply to real, physical things like property or physical goods, and I was giving an example where it did. I am absolutely NOT saying that if you want to use Monsanto seeds, you shouldn't pay for them. I was only pointing out in that specific case that they were abusing the protections patent law was giving them in going after people who were explicitly choosing NOT to use their stuff, just as I feel the endless extensions of copyright for works which reasonably should fall into the public domain (for society's benefit just as those authors themselves benefited from the works of others) is imho just as much an abuse of this same protection. That is ALL. Please do not put words in my mouth. That is a sign of sloppy discourse.
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