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From: tom.jennings@f111.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG (tom jennings)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: The end of privacy... and so what comes next?
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Date: 12 Apr 91 08:16:09 GMT
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The law'n'order mntality goes not-so-quietly nuts when it thinks of all
the crimes going unpunished. Kinda like software theft -- "think of
all the 'lost' sales" (ie. stolen copies).
 
"It is not possible to punish all crimes ... better to let crimes go
unpunished, than to punish one innocent person; otherwise there is
no reason to trust that there is any 'justice' in the system". A bad
paraphrase of an ancient John Adams quote. I think. Gets the point 
across anyways.


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