What ticked me off was this pretentious pseudolegal neologism of "planetary ownership rights". (No offence)
I would agree that humans should think twice - and some more - before damaging or contaminating an alien ecosystem, but that's even if it was only bacterial. Speaking about "ownership rights" in case of bacteria would be downright ridiculous.
Putting the entire moral problem under the category of "ownership" feels imposed to me. Not unlike the narration behind "copyrights" - and that's the association I hinted at. Not the idea of copying planets, although I can think of reasons why that would be your first guess.
If you put it like that, it does sound pretentious, haha.
I see why you might think it feels imposed. At this point it's probably more a problem of (loaded) word choice than ideas behind it. Thanks for clarifying.
Adding your point of view to mine, and taking into account the memes concerning planetary settlements I've aquired, ownership might be a bad word choice indeed.
What ticked me off was this pretentious pseudolegal neologism of "planetary ownership rights". (No offence)
I would agree that humans should think twice - and some more - before damaging or contaminating an alien ecosystem, but that's even if it was only bacterial. Speaking about "ownership rights" in case of bacteria would be downright ridiculous.
Putting the entire moral problem under the category of "ownership" feels imposed to me. Not unlike the narration behind "copyrights" - and that's the association I hinted at. Not the idea of copying planets, although I can think of reasons why that would be your first guess.