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- From: icfaragh@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Chad Faragher)
- Subject: Re: Virus Programs 4 Sale (Virus, Trojans, etc)
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <1993Jan26.070707.28320@emr1.emr.ca> <C1H46E.G2I@moscow.uidaho.edu> <1993Jan27.064241.11819@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:02:22 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.064241.11819@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:
- >In article <C1H46E.G2I@moscow.uidaho.edu>, kramer893@snake (KRAMER BRIAN M) writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan26.070707.28320@emr1.emr.ca> jagrant@emr1.emr.ca (John Grant) writes:
- >>>
- >>> There are probably many bleeding heart civil libertarians
- >>> out there who will disagree with me, but I think it's
- >>> about time we got some new laws that would make it a crime
- >>> to distribute virus-related material, regardless of any
- >>> disclaimers or denials of responsibility.
- >>
- >>Since when does code become illegal?
- >
- >'Scuse me? If you read John's post carefully, you'll see that he doesn't
- >want to make the code illegal, but its distribution.
- >
- >Personally, I would amend that to more specifically mean the mass distribution
- >of such materials. Just like it should be illegal to sell large vials of
- >typhoid or the bubonic plague on street corners. Such things just aren't safe.
-
- I think that the solicitation is the crime. It should be the same to say
- "Viruses for sale,"
- as it is to say
- "Sex for sale."
-
- You can't stop distribution of viruses. But you can control adds like the one
- that got us all fired up. If we don't know about it, we won't be upset.
- Besides, whether we know about it or not, it's still going to happen.
-
- It's just like smoking, and drinking and drugs.
- You can't stop 'em.
- You can only hide 'em.
-