In this era of piracy and prolific e-publication, the marginal value of  
intellectual property has been greatly diminished. It had been the harbinger of  
innovation and sobriety in research and the legend of archiving and  
standardization. I have imagined that intellectual property law and law of torts  
developped from the detriment of indifferent innovation and snake-oil  marketing 
that has plagued civilizations before us and innured hopeless  groping and chance 
wild-catting. More often miniscule successes in those  endeavours have come 
with deleterious affect. In areas of health,  education, art, culture, and 
industry. That state of affairs was followed by  diminished returns and commaed 
value. Exploitation without the moral component  of shared value for sustainable 
development. We have lost civilizations along  the way.
 
In the matter of Obama and Patrick, it is readily apparent that Obama did  
not intend to plagiarize. However, the fact that he did not think the act  
plagiarism was why he casually committed the error. It would have been  effortless 
for Obama to say "As my good friend Duval Patrick shares, ........."  The idea 
that everyone does it is no excuse for a refreshing change from the  status 
quo ante. So I would drop the excuse immediately were he not to have been  
counseled so to do. What the excuse would do is to certify then that; alright,  if 
we forgive the error for ubiquity, then the attendant idea that Obama is  
necessarily not a departure from the status-quo becomes issue. There is  more 
honour and value in apology and furture due-diligence from thence forward.  The 
fact that Duval allowed the error for comraderie sakes, and the appearance  
that Obama's own intellectual property may have been plagiarized, should be  
enough encouragement to begin anew. From proper erasure.
 
What Obama must consider here is that he is in competition  with Hillary, 
also a democrat like Duval. And Obama has projected the idea  of his uniqueness 
as serum to uniformity in politics. There-in lies the value of  the expectant 
apology. It appears the hope is ever so slowly being boiled out of  my friend 
already. Takal sa Ndiga.
 
As Huckabee is wont to quip, "y'all ought to get away from this microwaved  
elections concept. We ought to cook it slow". I have taken an endearment to  
Huckabee's wit and circumspect. Against enormous odds. Were he not a Secterian  
candidate, he will have accrued my affirmation.
 
Haruna. 



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