Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 26 Jun 91 07:09:40 GMT From: Nick Sayer Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Speaking in Defense of ThriftyTel Message-ID: Organization: The Duck Pond, Stockton, CA Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 495, Message 7 of 10 Lines: 32 Our esteemed [Moderator's Note: While it is true Thrifty Tel's tactics are extreme, > and of questionable legality by USA standards, we should note that in > countries with 'neandrathal' schedules of punishment (i.e. Saudi > Arabia, where public floggings, beheadings, and amputation of body > parts appropriate to the crime committed -- shoplifting, sexual > assault, etc -- are routine events), the crime rate is *extremely* > low. So if there was a death penalty for parking violations people would be less likely to park in front of hydrants. Very good, comerade. You understand the Soviet legal system perfectly. By combining outlandish penalties for small crimes with secret police organizations without restrictions of law we can achieve a perfect social order regardless of what the constitution says. > If Thrifty Tel doesn't break Some People of their Bad Habits, I > don't know what will. PAT] Nothing will. They will simply (A) get better at it and (B) phreack from phone booths. No, I don't condone phreacking. No, I don't normally come to their defense. Nevertheless, ThriftyTel's tactics smack of entrapment. Like puting a "Rob me" sign on the front lawn, then shooting tresspassers. Nick Sayer mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us N6QQQ 209-952-5347 (Telebit)