Misdirected intent is no excuse to break the law, networking is A community based on unspoken trust between various responsible entities and that trust was violated and actions partaken in were criminal by the shown intent of the diversion of content of information flow. Hopefully in the future people will see their misdirected rage as more harmful in the face of ignorant politcians and media types, and that using the system of lawyers and regulatory bodies is more appropriate in achieving A means to an end within the community. Henry R. Linneweh Karl Denninger wrote:
On Mon, Nov 24, 1997 at 11:14:28PM -0500, Marc Hurst wrote:
On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Karl Denninger wrote:
On Mon, Nov 24, 1997 at 06:42:35PM -0800, Paul A Vixie wrote:
How much do I have to pay to keep him in jail forever?
That was MY question :-)
As much as we all know the guy is not going to get a fair trial, the concept of an anti-defence fund is a novel one.
Marc.
Actually, I do believe he will get a fair trial. While I'm quite the cynic, I don't believe that our justice system is THAT screwed up.
I said at the time that I believed his actions were felonious. He laughed it off. But the bottom line is that tampering with things like this is like tampering with the phone switches that make up the US phone network - its not funny, and it is criminal, even if its not done with evil intent.
In this case, it WAS done with malice - Eugene has stated as such. He has said on mailing lists and elsewhere that he was driven by outrage.
Civil disobedience, a category into which this act might fall, always includes doing what you're going to do OPENLY and taking the consequences without complaint. If in fact Eugene was trying to make a political statement rather than screw with NSI, he certainly hasn't followed those basic credos relating to that type of activity.
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