On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, David Schwartz wrote: > > > I can't believe anyone honestly considers a "counter-attack" worm the same > > as self-defense. Deadly force, or otherwise normally illegal amounts of > > force, is justified only in defense of your life, or the lives of others, > > your physical well-being, or the physical well-being of others. Defense is > > something done to prevent something from happening, retaliation > > is something > > done in response to a previous act. Furthermore, from what I gather, it's > > not even retaliatory, it's pre-emptive, being a automated worm like CR. In > > any case, it is illegal, and rather morally and ethically > > suspect. Releasing > > yet another worm that attempts unauthorized access to someone's > > machine, and > > then runs code on it is illegal. > > Say someone has left a loaded gun on their lawn, where anyone could pick it > up and shoot it at anything they chose. Is it morally justified to trespass > onto their property to remove and unload the gun? Do you have to wait until > you see a child nearby? Until a child picks up the gun? > > DS > > how many children have been killed by codered infections? Thanks, Ron DuFresne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart ***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!*** OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything.
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