On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 14:11:48 +0200 (CEST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard
Menedetter) wrote:
> Hi
> 09 Jul 2001, "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> SH> Does anyone know why there are so many email viruses going around?
> There is a simple reason:
> Once was a big company led by a person called 'gbill', which produces trash
> programs.
> These programs invite people to show HOW BAD these programs are, by using
> some of the zillion security holes.
> SH> I know it is a very serious criminal offense to send anyone a
> SH> virus by email.
> Is it THAT serious ??
> It is *YOU* who starts the virus by running it, clicking on it whatsoever
> .... if the person that receives the virus is really *THAT* silly, than he
> deserves it !
It is a serious offence according to the statutes. The question of
whether it *ought* to be a serious offence is another matter. If it
is *I* who starts the virus and sends it to others, then I should be
punished. Blaming the victim is not an acceptable legal defense for
the perpetrator. Just because a woman is so stupid as to dress
suggestively and hang out along a lonely section of road while trying
to hitch a ride doesn't mean that it is perfectly OK to rape her.
No jury in this country is going to decide that she deserves it.
> SH> Also victims may sue for civil damages.
> whom ???
> the person which has such a low IQ that he has run the virus, and therefor
> sent the virus to all email addresses in has addressbook ?
> Or the 10 year old person sitting in a 3rd world country ?
You may sue the perpetrator, or his parents or his guardians, whichever
applies, as long as there are no jurisdictional problems.
> SH> I hardly ever hear of any prosecutions. Why don't they crack down
> SH> and put a stop to this crime?
> The *REAL* crime is that this person called gbill sells his shit further!
> Why don't they crack down on him ?
Good question. They ought to bring a lawsuit against him based on
product safety.
> I _really_ fear that bush pushes through his rocket protection thing, and
> bases it on win NT. (you still remember that a US battle ship couldn't
> navigate for hours, because the win NT that controlled it went crazy !)
They use a Commodore 64 to control the Hubble Telescope. It works fine!
> I think it is REALLY ridiculous, that he can fool americans into the
> believe that they need it.
> (in reality he pays back the ballot money he got for the election.
> Think of it it is MUCH easier for any country to produce masses of viri and
> release them in the US, than it is to build costly rockets to bomb america
> down)
A far less expensive weapons delivery system for our enemies to deploy
against us would be a Rent-A-Truck or a U-Haul trailer. It worked for
Timothy McVeigh.
> SH> Oftentimes a culprit who can be clearly identified will send
> SH> a virus to everyone on his mailing list.
> either he is also infected, and the virus sends itself further, or the
> culprit is *NOT* identifieable easily and is usually cloaked VERY well.
You are saying that viruses infect other computers. This is false.
The computer operators who have allowed their machines to become infected
with the viruses will infect other computers. What you have said is
equivalent to saying that guns murder people. This is also false.
People who mis-use guns murder people.
> SH> The authorities will often simply accept his excuse that he didn't
> SH> know that his machine was sending out viruses.
> this is no excuse, this is the fault of a big software company led by
> gbill.
Gbill is the Culprit-In-Chief. Computer users are also to blame
because they are not forced to "sieg heil" and to goose-step
to the orders of the Culprit-In-Chief. Resistance is a quite
viable option for everyone. Any product or service that we don't
absolutely need may be most successfully boycotted.
> SH> If I were to accidently shoot some people and then try to explain
> SH> that I didn't know the gun was loaded,
> *NO*
> At the maximum they give you a gun, and you shoot yourself in the mouth !
> SH> The same ought to apply to people who explain that they didn't know
> SH> their computer was infected.
> I don't get your argumentation !
> 99.999999999% don't know that they are infected.
> Should they go to jail, because they are too dumb to know and run windows ?
Yes, just as if I were too dumb to be able to ascertain for certain
whether my gun is loaded. If you don't know how the gun works, and if
you are an adult whose IQ is above the moron level, then you are expected
to be smart enough to know that you shouldn't handle it unless you are
under highly competent supervision.
Sam Heywood
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