Topic: Intellectual Property Rights
Example: “Happy Birthday”
o Written by a school teacher in 1800s
o Now rights are owned by Time Warner until 2020
Should ideas become property? What might be the motivations?
o Jealousy, greed
o Profit
o Societal benefit
o Distribution
Is creating a work of art purely for profit something that can be considered manipulative?
o In this case, should they be given the right to intellectual [...]

SBUFT Reddit: Go, vote, etc.
Topic: Burqas in France
Sarkozy announced in June that burqas were “not welcome” in France.
What are the possible benefits of banning dress and symbols such as the burqa?

Women are not oppressed, treated like property
Many women are forced to wear the burqa by family
Reduce abuse in religious community due to visibility

What are the [...]

It is considered conventional wisdom that groups should probably wait a few days or even a week before really getting started with meetings. Today however, SBU Freethinkers proved that notion completely wrong. We started on the first day of classes and the outcome was incredible. Here are a couple pictures from the meeting: (click here [...]