In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.advocacy, Johnny Rocket <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> didnst hastily scribble thusly: > Idiot. So "identity theft" isn't a crime because no physical property > was stolen and the "victim" still gets to keep their name?
> Or "stealing" the recipe for Coca-Cola isn't a crime because Coke > still has the original formula so there's no damage their either? > Or "stealing" military secrets isn't a crime because no physical > property was stolen and the USA still gets to keep their nukes? Where did I say anything about such things not being crimes? They're not theft. 1 is fruad Hint: people were pretending to be other people long before the internet. I refer you to an episode of randall and hopkirk [deceased] as proof of such. The actual motivation for the fraud may well be theft of personal property, but the actual "identity theft" is not theft, it is fraud. 1 is industrial espionage 1 is international espionage See the difference? > You are simply an IDIOT. You are simply incapable of the simple faculty of reading english and understanding it. > Do yourself a favor and return your piece of > shit degree back to the website you bought it from. It wasn't worth > the $5 you paid for it. Ooo look... another moron attacking me for my audacity of saying I've got a qualification they obviously lack... *shock horror* Hint: don't take advice from hardon, he's a bigger moron and liar than you could ever hope to be. -- | |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |in the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you| | |can't move, with no hope of rescue. | |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)|Consider how lucky you are that life has been | | in |good to you so far... | | Computer Science | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy.| _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
