On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:05:12 CST, Thomas Raef said: > > pending crisis in computer security, Darfur, Somali pirates, global > warming, civil war in the Congo, ... > > >Feel free to *try* to go for a week and *not* turn your head at a > crisis you hear about. Actually care about every single one. Let me know > how it works >out for you... > > Not to make any those issues seem inconsequential, but Somali pirates > don't affect every business in the world. Yes we need to do something > about it, but it won't shut down many businesses. Global warming, well > Al Gore (inventor of the Internet) will tackle that. Civil war in the > Congo is basically a regional thing. > > But computer security is something that affects almost everyone. Don't > you think it's more difficult to turn your head to issues that directly > affect you?
What, you don't think that the same political and economic forces that are part of the root cause of issues in Darfur, Somalia, and the Congo aren't *also* part of the reason why Nigerian 419 scams are one of the few lucrative fields in that country?
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