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Child Porn As a Weapon

VoiceOfDoom writes "Want to get rid of your boss and move up to his position? Put kiddie porn on his computer then call the cops! This was the cunning plan envisaged by handyman Neil Weiner of east London after falling out with school caretaker Edward Thompson too many times. Thankfully, Weiner didn't cover his tracks quite well enough to avoid being found out — earlier boasts about his plan to friends at a BBQ provided the police with enough evidence to arrest him for trying to pervert the course of justice. Frighteningly, however, between being charged with possession of indecent images and being exonerated, innocent (if 'grumpy') Thompson was abused and ostracized for eight months by neighbors and colleagues. With computer forensics for police work often being performed by 'point 'n click'-trained, nearly-retired cops, or languishing in a 6-month queue for private sector firms to attend to it, the uncomfortable question is raised: how easily might this trick have succeeded if Weiner had been a little more intelligent about it?"

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  1. Don't f* with the IT guy like at restaurant you do by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't f* with the IT guy like at restaurant you don't f* with the people who handle your food!

  2. Re:Don't f* with the IT guy like at restaurant you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's a difference between an IT monkey and a janitor? Since when?

  3. Re:Don't f* with the IT guy like at restaurant you by jgagnon · · Score: 3, Funny

    IT folks deal with a LOT more shit.

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  4. Re:First off... by jgagnon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone pointing their browser at 4chan deserves what they get.

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  5. Re:Don't f* with the IT guy like at restaurant you by TheCarp · · Score: 3, Funny

    Stating that a difference exists and claiming that is is big proves nothing. Would you like to elaborate on that difference, particularly on where the moral difference is. Why can a family photo album not be public on facebook?

    I am not against child rape or anything like that but... seriously.... ambiguity is all fine and good most of the time, but we are talking about whats "socially acceptable" which seems to translate to "when its ok to send armed thugs out to 'modify' your behavior" then, I think it behooves us to spell out, in detail, exactly where the line is drawn and be absolutely clear about WHY it is being drawn where it is (and the convenience of police or prosecutors is NEVER an acceptable answer in my book; if their job is hard it is because it should be hard to divorce a person from his otherwise inalienable rights).

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  6. Re:Don't f* with the IT guy like at restaurant you by TheCarp · · Score: 4, Funny

    Er um s/not against child rape/not in favor of/

    I seriously need an editor.
    (talk about the situations where that 1 minute between postings rule really blows)

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  7. Re:jurys most of the time are to dumb to think of by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    He said we needed smarter juries. He didn't say anything about whether he should be on them.

  8. Re:Don't f* with the IT guy like at restaurant you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am not against child rape or anything like that

    I don't think that's what you meant to say.

  9. Re:Don't f* with the IT guy like at restaurant you by cp.tar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not surprising, the culprit is an MCSE.

    That’s Microsoft Certified Solitaire Expert, right?

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  10. Re:First off... by Philomage · · Score: 4, Funny

    "an uneasy atomphear"

    I'd never heard of that word, but looking at it I could imagine a sense of dread pervading every atom of your being and I thought "what a great word"... why haven't I heard of it before?, so I tried googling it.

    The google suggestion was "atmosphere"... what a let-down. Pfft.

  11. Re:Don't f* with the IT guy like at restaurant you by vm146j2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am not against child rape or anything like that

    I don't think that's what you meant to say.

    No?

    The Dr. begs to differ.

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