Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!athena.cs.uga.edu!mcovingt From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Student suspended for distributing /etc/passwd Message-ID: <1991Jun13.043340.17193@athena.cs.uga.edu> Date: 13 Jun 91 04:33:40 GMT References: <31124@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1991Jun12.145613.3329@percy.rain.com> Organization: University of Georgia, Athens Lines: 24 In article ben@wri.com (Ben Cox) writes: >nerd@percival.rain.com (Michael Galassi) writes: > >>Being the asshole I am I would have expelled him, we need some examples >>on a cross to help discourage others. > >YOW! This is the most heinous thing I have read in ages! I agree. The guilty should receive only the punishment that they deserve, _not_ a more severe punishment designed to deter others. That's the main reason we chose to go through the student judiciary (with its limited powers) rather than bring criminal charges. We felt that this student was not a hardened criminal, merely a misguided person who had gotten severely out of touch with reality and needed to learn a lesson. Sure, a jail term would have deterred others, but it would not have been appropriate for this person. -- ------------------------------------------------------- Michael A. Covington | Artificial Intelligence Programs The University of Georgia | Athens, GA 30602 U.S.A. -------------------------------------------------------