Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

>>> who would pay for the development of the next generation of medicines?
>> 
>> That's one of the problems... the only "medicines" that get promoted
>> large-scale (and of which the average doctor knows) are the ones that
>> make money, which are not necessarily the ones that make or keep people
>> healthy.
> 
> No-one says kapitalism is perfect, but just like democracy it is so far
> the least worse system we have come up with. 

This wasn't a comment about whether or not capitalism or democracy, this
was one about patents in medicine. Which as little to do with either. Most
capitalist and democratic theories agree on that there needs to be /some/
public sphere. Now what exactly that is or should be is in constant
discussion and flux.

> I cast my vote with Lindy:
> 
>> What about a name that says what you are for, instead of what you are
>> against?

Agreed.

Gerhard

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