[OT] EU patents [was Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types]

[Chris via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 1 September 2014 at 20:02:41 UTC, Russel Winder via 
Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-09-01 at 19:49 +0000, Chris via Digitalmars-d 
> wrote:
> […]
>> True, true. Most people don't realize / care about how all 
>> this stuff affects them. In fact, your average iPhone user 
>> will be quite happy with the corporate prison, as long as they 
>> can watch the latest shit on youtube.
>
> If it was an A-list celebrity having a sh!t, I suspect a lot of 
> people
> would make a very serious amount of dosh.
>
> Apologies for the apparent cynicism, but it is really just 
> reality
> (television) sinking home.

No worries, you're not being cynical. The word 'cynicism' is 
often used wrongly. It is usually used to shut up those who raise 
critical questions. And it's usually the real cynics who use this 
strategy.

You are just being sarcastic in your comments. And sarcasm 
usually means that someone does care, albeit s/he might be a bit 
frustrated. In fact, if you were cynical, you wouldn't even 
bother to write these comments, you wouldn't give a damn any 
more. The guys who wrote "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work makes (you) 
free") over the entrances to various concentration camps were 
cynical.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism_%28contemporary%29#Overview