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Ethics in Scientific Research
call -151 writes: "There is an interesting NYT article `When Science Inadvertently Aids an Enemy' discussing how some of the "encryption should be free for everyone" attitudes are changing with the WTC attacks. The article makes some interesting points and it is good to see discussions like these in more of the mainstream, even if the tone has definitely changed recently." Well, the questions are being asked again, but most of the researchers dealing with these issues have already answered the questions for themselves.
That's why the abortion issue is such a big deal, because people equate morality with legality.
Not to get into the abortion issue, but many of us believe that human rights mean all humans, not just ones older than an arbitrary value.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.