Xref: utzoo news.admin:4003 news.sysadmin:1511 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!elroy!cit-vax!ndc!mak From: mak@ndc.UUCP (Mike Klaus) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.sysadmin Subject: Re: A Question Of Ethics (was: Re: A *Big* Thank You) Summary: . are you serious Message-ID: <240@ndc.UUCP> Date: 16 Nov 88 02:19:54 GMT References: <361@itivax.UUCP> <367@execu.UUCP> <1294@tmpmbx.UUCP> <367@itivax.UUCP> Organization: NDC Systems, Monrovia, CA Lines: 18 In article <367@itivax.UUCP>, scs@itivax.UUCP (Steve C. Simmons) writes: > Let's not. Suppose you found a security hole that would let you assasinate > the president. Should you: > (a) Tell the secret service, Dumb idea. You would have to answer too many questions. like, "Why were you thinking about this?" "How did you find out?" "You aren't supposed to know that. Who told you?" "When were you planning to do this?" "We don't believe you." "We can't have you knowing this...." "You have broken several laws already. Come with us....." mak "We're above the law. We can do anything to you that we want. Take the pills, or we'll give you a shot...." - the thought police