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AU Government To Pilot Target Zombies
msblack writes "
Australian news sources are reporting that the communication regulators will begin notifying ISPs of infected customer computers. In a three-month pilot program, the Australian Communications & Media Authority will identify zombie computers and ask their owners to clean them or risk being disconnected. When will U.S. regulators and ISPs get on board?"
Will Uma Thurman star?
a /.er on tesltra? and a lowish id one at that! what is the world coming to?
TIAEAE!
How can you suggest murdering all those innocent zombies that never harmed anyone outside their normal feeding habits? You insensitive clod!
Zombie Rights!
So, therefore, the government should not check that anyone drives on the road with a haywire jalopy, and if it breaks down, crashes and kills a widow driving her three orphans to soccer practice, it's though luck for the widow?
That would likely be manslaughter. Unfortunately, you can't eliminate risk in life, and rational people understand that the more you approach risk management through a command structure, the more you make life expensive and miserable for everyone while not gaining any real reduction in risk.
Consider your example: our state used to have mandatory annual auto inspections. You would have to wait for 2-3 hours at the city garage, pay a $35 fee and end up losing a half days work (naturally, they only work on weekdays when most other people have to as well and forget working past 4:30 - they stopped taking names at 1 PM for the day). Does mass inspection make things better? It doesn't (and this recognition is the foundation of most current quality management theory). It actually adds expense with no gain in quality. They dropped it due to considerable public opposition and a realization that it didn't improve the status of car quality.
At the same time, you will find existing laws on nearly all state books requiring people operate safe vehicles. These laws can come into play during a routine police stop (at the dismay of the ACLU, which argues that they discriminate against the poor who should be able to drive your jalopy) and in accident investigations. Understand that if you had knowledge of an unsafe vehicle which ends up crashing into and hurting/killing another party, your negligence will likely lead to a manslaughter conviction.
Incidentally, your libertarian "definition" is about as contorted as possible. Try learning about a concept and having a basic understanding before you attempt to argue against it.
Remember kids: libertarians want a minimal state whose sole function is to protect them from the wrath of their slaves.
You realize you discredit yourself with such openly hostile blanket statements (troll). Most libertarians want as much social AND economic freedom as they can get. Most of the rest of the country doesn't realize that Liberty and Security are polar opposites. But hey, if you want a nanny state just keep up the status quo.
Remember Children: blanket statements, baseless accusations and false representation are great ways to get people to write you off as a child.