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From: taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (Dave Taylor)
Newsgroups: mod.comp-soc
Subject: Re: Children & computers [mod.comp-soc]
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Date: Fri, 14-Nov-86 17:12:25 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 14 17:12:25 1986
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This article is from hplabs!hpda!decot (Dave Decot)
 and was received on  Thu Nov 13 19:20:26 1986
 

> This is an article that I found.  Read it and weep.  Is this what our
> technology has come to?
> 
>                             The Night of the Hackers
>					....

In using machines people are responsible for their actions, or in this case, 
irresponsible.  To me, this story really has little to do with our technology.

It demonstrates the presence of the following irresponsibilities:

  * negligence by the children involved of ethics and manners,

  * negligence by parents of communicating the importance and purpose of
    ethics and manners to their children, and

  * negligence by system administrators of modern security issues.

That these parents have provided entertaining, powerful toys for their 
children does not relieve them of their responsibilities to guide the 
children in the civil use of those toys.

I believe the parents of these persons should be held financially responsible 
for any and all losses or inconveniences suffered by the victims.

Dave Decot
hplabs!hpda!decot