wow, "meritocratic philosophy"? you're really getting your money's worth for that 15k education. it's too bad you didn't actually respond to the guy's post. he's saying vandalism is vandalism, beit a 2d webpage, 3d storefront, or the backcover of that dictionary of quotations who so aptly used. just because defacing websites is "prevalent"/trendy doesn't make the crime any different or more worthy of attention/protection.
if your gonna contribute, why don't you note the fact that defacing a website effectivly "closes" the store while repairs are made, possibly resulting in higher damage costs, but not changing the defination of the crime.
well said. nonetheless, i'd remind you of the intuitive intelligence mobs/"most people" actually have. IMO, laws memic nature, not the other way around; if a large segment of a population drift toward an illegal activity, maybe there is something slightly arwy with the law. the french stole bread and decapitated a king because they felt they were being treated unfairly not because they wanted a free ride. before we jump to the aide of the established elite, maybe we should see why so many people are pirating all media--the simple answer is saying "they're just cheapskates".
so, you're saying only those trained in using the web should feel safe using it? sounds fair, maybe we can have an online training course for using the . . . oh wait that wouldn't work would it. maybe we can have like a quasi-web software app. (like training wheels or somethng) and maybe some moderators to guide them. and then they could take a certifaction test down at the . . . the . . . what's that place where they keep all the books with information and stuff in them . . .
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wow, "meritocratic philosophy"? you're really getting your money's worth for that 15k education. it's too bad you didn't actually respond to the guy's post. he's saying vandalism is vandalism, beit a 2d webpage, 3d storefront, or the backcover of that dictionary of quotations who so aptly used. just because defacing websites is "prevalent"/trendy doesn't make the crime any different or more worthy of attention/protection. if your gonna contribute, why don't you note the fact that defacing a website effectivly "closes" the store while repairs are made, possibly resulting in higher damage costs, but not changing the defination of the crime.
well said. nonetheless, i'd remind you of the intuitive intelligence mobs/"most people" actually have. IMO, laws memic nature, not the other way around; if a large segment of a population drift toward an illegal activity, maybe there is something slightly arwy with the law. the french stole bread and decapitated a king because they felt they were being treated unfairly not because they wanted a free ride. before we jump to the aide of the established elite, maybe we should see why so many people are pirating all media--the simple answer is saying "they're just cheapskates".
so, you're saying only those trained in using the web should feel safe using it? sounds fair, maybe we can have an online training course for using the . . . oh wait that wouldn't work would it. maybe we can have like a quasi-web software app. (like training wheels or somethng) and maybe some moderators to guide them. and then they could take a certifaction test down at the . . . the . . . what's that place where they keep all the books with information and stuff in them . . .