Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!uunet!ogicse!hsdndev!cs!cs.umb.edu!ryan From: ryan@ra.cs.umb.edu (Daniel R. Guilderson) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Repost from Telecom Message-ID: Date: 29 Jun 91 18:41:54 GMT References: <15713.286916E2@fidogate.FIDONET.ORG> Sender: news@cs.umb.edu (netnews) Organization: UMass Boston Dorchester, MA USA Lines: 32 In-Reply-To: david.turrell@f111.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG's message of 25 Jun 91 03:56:27 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: ra.cs.umb.edu In article <15713.286916E2@fidogate.FIDONET.ORG> david.turrell@f111.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG (david turrell) writes: I am sympathetic to Bill Kennedy's remarks, especially after reading Len Rose's recent post, which might have been poignant if it had ended with "Thanks". If the tone of the "Farewell" accurately depicts an inability to express contrition (often taken into account when determining a jail sentence), then I can't get too up-in-arms over the stiffness of the jail term. Oh, this is marvelous. We send the guy to be eaten alive in prison for a year and then we want him to kiss our feet. Gee Dave, it's nice that you're so compassionate. Maybe for furlough work he can come and wash your car. ATT must vigorously prosecute any possible infringement of copyright, else risk enormous revenue losses if their software is found, by a court, to be in the public domain. I can't fault them for their aggressiveness. Yeah, maybe Lotus should do spot searches of peoples homes to check for illegal copies of 1-2-3. Anyone caught should be sentenced to a year of hard labor. I think it's best not to refer to the Secret Service as the "SS". It can be taken to be an attempt to compare them to an organization that committed crimes of indescribable magnitude, generating sympathy from those who think the comparison unwarranted and trivializing something truly heinous. Nice that you have your priorities straight. It's OK to excuse the SS for stealing innocent citizen's property but please don't refer to them as "SS".