Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!wotan!moxie!texsun!letni!mic!sulaco!allen From: allen@sulaco.Lonestar.ORG (Allen Gwinn) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Repost from Telecom Message-ID: <1991Jun28.000159.2653@sulaco.Lonestar.ORG> Date: 28 Jun 91 00:01:59 GMT References: <1991Jun25.005151.27279@looking.on.ca> <1991Jun25.122028.7528@sulaco.Lonestar.ORG> Organization: sulaco Lines: 39 In article ryan@ra.cs.umb.edu (Daniel R. Guilderson) writes: >So if I kill my girlfriend and throw her body into a dumpster and the >cops figure out it was me that did it, I can simply say Len Rose >caused me to do it. They'll have to let me go right away. It's so >logical. If Len hadn't sent login.c to Neidorf I wouldn't have lost >my mind and stabbed my baby 100 times. Hell, if the feds can blame >Len for the rape of innocent citizens, I can too. Excellent rant... but how about being a little more realistic with your examples: How about if you killed your girlfriend and dumped her in my house. Would you say that the police had just cause for searching my premises? > Sorry to sound so callous, but Len is a criminal and should be treated like > one. >Sorry to sound so callous, but you don't have a clue about action and >responsibility. No certainly not. I agree with you. One should be able to break any law in the land, and as long as he/she has support from you, one should be able to walk off scott-free. Sorry for even questioning the issue. >I hope you never illegally copied any copyrighted >software, or stole a penny candy, or ... If you did, maybe you could >use some "therapy" (Hi PAT) in the penitentary. I believe that you'll find that Len perhaps stole trade secrets (rather than violated a copyright). In addition, if you'll check a little closer, you might find out that he was convicted of theft and receiving stolen merchandise (making him a common criminal). -- Allen Gwinn (allen@sulaco.lonestar.org) "If SCO would like to use this server in one of their products they have to pay $100 for every copy they redistribute, cause I don't like this company and their braindamaged products." - Thomas Roell on The Santa Cruz Operation