Stolen Idea

I know different people have different ideas. Sometimes different people can come up with almost the same idea. But do you still think it is a coincidence when you told someone something then he said it again?

When i spoke at the Speakers Corner, I talked to a man and i told him my opinions. Today, I saw him in The Star newspaper. He was speaking at the Speakers Square in Penang. But what he said there is exactly what i told him.

I feel my idea got stolen. I don't have proof. But only he knows himself whether he got the idea from me or by himself. Anyhow im glad he has indirectly helped me in letting the public know what is in my mind.

Speakers Square promote freedom of speech but it is definiely not a platform for anyone to copies anyone's speech. Freedom of speech is not a freedom of copying other people's speech.