But the state's interest in defending property should be first and foremost to defend the right of a property's owner to use it as they see fit;
Unfortunately, human beings are notorious for their tendencies to act in their own interest before applying another person's interest. Here, you have a local government which earns a substantial percentage of it's revenue from property taxes, and people pay more property taxes when they live on more valuable property, thus a disincentive is created for the local government to defend the right of a property owner to do use property as they see fit. The government has a *much* larger incentive to maintain the status quo, enforcing laws like this that create a social image that increases, or at the very least maintains, property values. Money is the real reason behind most of the activities that involve humans. That money may be in the form of taxes, or oil, or land, or gold, but as far back as humans go - it's always about the money.
I agree about the churchgoer comment. Just take the BTK killer for an extreme example. He was the president of his church, and worked in law enforcement (sort of).
Also, priests spend a lot of time in church, and while many of them are legitimately benevolent, there is a very vocal malevolent minority. And that's all it takes.
In general, I find churchgoers to be a judgemental lot (even in spite of the bible's admonition that God will be the judge so people shouldn't), so my advice is to look elsewhere for good morals. Like to parents and teachers.
As long as people are well off and not too crowded, I think you'll generally find a low crime rate.
The human race will survive the next hundred years the same way it survived the last hundred years. Which is to say, mostly by accident, in spite of yourselves
While I agree with some previous posts that most of the fault lies with the student who perpetrated the act, the adware company is an accomplice. They provided the financing to do an illegal act.
So, now, if I mug you, and steal all your money, you can be prosecuted as my accomplice for financing my illegal act?
It is just me, or is the justice system in this country *completely* out of whack.
You could try using milter-sender, in addition to your SpamAssassin/Milter-Spamc.
Milter-Sender attempts a connect to the MX host of record for the purported From address, and if that MX host does not accept mail for that account, your sendmail will not accept mail _from_ that account.
It's tunable, so you can tell it to wait and try again later, or just pass-thru emails unreachable MX hosts, or just reject them outright.
It's not a perfect solution for what you're looking for, because as spammer just needs to spam from a valid account, and it will pass the milter-sender checks, but when you combine it with milter-spamc/SpamAssasin, your access db, and various other procmail type tools, you end up with a fairly effective solution.
Actually, VA's "Right to Work" Law really only affects whether or not your membership status in any organization ( read: Union ) can affect your employment status.
Meaning that in VA, you have the "right to work" even if you're a member of a union. And you can't be fired just for being a member of a union. You also can't be denied work in a typically union shop, if you're NOT a member of the union.
Etc, etc.
It just so happens that in a private company, you can be fired for anything that's not a violation of Equal Opportunity Employment laws, or your civil rights. Public companies, answering to shareholders, have less leeway in some cases.
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But the state's interest in defending property should be first and foremost to defend the right of a property's owner to use it as they see fit;
Unfortunately, human beings are notorious for their tendencies to act in their own interest before applying another person's interest. Here, you have a local government which earns a substantial percentage of it's revenue from property taxes, and people pay more property taxes when they live on more valuable property, thus a disincentive is created for the local government to defend the right of a property owner to do use property as they see fit. The government has a *much* larger incentive to maintain the status quo, enforcing laws like this that create a social image that increases, or at the very least maintains, property values. Money is the real reason behind most of the activities that involve humans. That money may be in the form of taxes, or oil, or land, or gold, but as far back as humans go - it's always about the money.
As long as people are well off and not too crowded, I think you'll generally find a low crime rate.
The human race will survive the next hundred years the same way it survived the last hundred years. Which is to say, mostly by accident, in spite of yourselves
Well, at least I don't resort to name calling. I guess I win for being nicer. :)
While I agree with some previous posts that most of the fault lies with the student who perpetrated the act, the adware company is an accomplice. They provided the financing to do an illegal act.
So, now, if I mug you, and steal all your money, you can be prosecuted as my accomplice for financing my illegal act?
It is just me, or is the justice system in this country *completely* out of whack.
You could try using milter-sender, in addition to your SpamAssassin/Milter-Spamc.
Milter-Sender attempts a connect to the MX host of record for the purported From address, and if that MX host does not accept mail for that account, your sendmail will not accept mail _from_ that account.
It's tunable, so you can tell it to wait and try again later, or just pass-thru emails unreachable MX hosts, or just reject them outright.
It's not a perfect solution for what you're looking for, because as spammer just needs to spam from a valid account, and it will pass the milter-sender checks, but when you combine it with milter-spamc/SpamAssasin, your access db, and various other procmail type tools, you end up with a fairly effective solution.
-Tim
Actually, VA's "Right to Work" Law really only affects whether or not your membership status in any organization ( read: Union ) can affect your employment status.
Meaning that in VA, you have the "right to work" even if you're a member of a union. And you can't be fired just for being a member of a union. You also can't be denied work in a typically union shop, if you're NOT a member of the union.
Etc, etc.
It just so happens that in a private company, you can be fired for anything that's not a violation of Equal Opportunity Employment laws, or your civil rights. Public companies, answering to shareholders, have less leeway in some cases.