On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Daniel C. <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Stuart Jansen <[email protected]> wrote: >> Failure to password protect WiFi and run up-to-date antivirus software >> is like leaving your credit cards in an unlocked locker at the gym. It's >> foolish, but it shouldn't result in violent police raids. > > I would be curious to see a rundown on how many people who collect > child pornography have *ever* been convicted of a violent crime. This > is an uneducated guess, but I would assume that such a person would be > less likely than most other humans to even resist arrest, much less > fight back or use a firearm against police officers. (Most human > beings require significant conditioning and specific social and > psychological conditions before they will willingly fire a weapon at > another human.) > > Point being, I question whether SWAT raids for child pornography would > be justified under any reasonable circumstances. (Obviously if the > guy is a known gun nut, an NRA member, has a history of violence or is > a soldier with PTSD - which I guess is the same thing as "has a > history of violence" - that would change things.) >
It's not raiding the *collectors* of child pornography that pose a serious risk IMO. It's raiding the *producers* of child pornography. They are abusers, in some cases kidnappers, and most likely willing to defend themselves for escape via a response of lethal force. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
