Re: CRIME Kudos to Acting Police Chief Andrew Kirkland

From: Scott Elam (Scott.Elam@private)
Date: Tue Nov 27 2001 - 13:00:03 PST

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    The Oregoanian <http://www.oregonian.com/> has more accurate and current
    information than that contained in this thread.
    
    As previously requested, please take this thread to private email.
    
    Thanks, Scott
    
    FARRIMOND Ronald K wrote:
    > 
    > Crispin and Andrew, your responses to Ron don't address the main point of
    > Ron's comment which is that the Portland police are misapplying this law.
    > As Ron said, if they were to interpret this law the same way that they are
    > interpreting it in this situation, they wouldn't be able to question anyone
    > about a crime other than the criminal if they could find them with out
    > talking to anyone else.  How does the Portland police department have the
    > right to pick and choice when they want to abide by this law...assuming that
    > it should be interpreted the way the Portland police department has decided
    > it should be applied in this situation???
    > 
    > Ron
    > 
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Crispin Cowan [mailto:crispin@private]
    > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 11:57 PM
    > To: Andrew Plato
    > Cc: crime@private; Ron_Deming@private
    > Subject: Re: CRIME Kudos to Acting Police Chief Andrew Kirkland
    > 
    > Andrew Plato wrote:
    > 
    > >Ron_Deming@private wrote:
    > >
    > >>A newspaper
    > >>columnist summed it up pretty well recently:  "A rattlesnake
    > >>in the living room tends to end all discussion of animal rights."
    > >>
    > >Speaking metaphorically...
    > >
    > I was taught in college not to speak metaphorically. More specifically,
    > not to *reason* metaphorically. This is because it is all too easy to
    > construct an entirely bogus argument that sounds good. For an analogical
    > argument to be valid, you must (emphasize "must") show that the subject
    > (civil rights) share the property in question (requirement for due
    > process) with the analogy (animal rights). Near as I can tell, animal
    > rights does not have any notion of due process, so the above
    > "rattlesnake" argument is a devilishly persuasive load of crap :-)
    > 
    > For an amusing example of how bogus an analogy can be, check out the
    > Monty Python's Oscar Wilde Sketch. "His Majesty is like a stream of
    > bat's piss."
    > http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/8889/poetry/mp-wilde.htm
    > 
    > So, bringing it home to secure network design :-) it's ok to use
    > analogies for inspiration or explanation, but be sure that your
    > arguments actually hold up without the analogy.
    > 
    > Crispin
    > 
    > --
    > Crispin Cowan, Ph.D.
    > Chief Scientist, WireX Communications, Inc. http://wirex.com
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    --
    Scott Elam
    Sun Microsystems
    SunIT, Network Security Group, SunCERT
    



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