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List:       dmca-discuss
Subject:    Re:  [DMCA_discuss] Hackers face life imprisonment under 'Anti-Terrorism' Act
From:       "Matthew T. Russotto" <russotto () pond ! com>
Date:       2001-09-25 16:22:00
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} The possibility of giving a 19-year-old a life prison term for hacking into
} a government Web site and writing "Crystal, I love you" seems pretty
} analogous to me to giving non-violent drug offenders long prison sentences.
} The punishment is all out of proportion to the supposed crime.

Seems we need a simple slide presentation, with split screen.  Left
side entitled: Terrorism.  Right side entitled: Not Terrorism


Terrorism                                Not Terrorism
---------                                -------------
(picture of destroyed                    http://www.whatever.gov
OK city federal building)                "Crystal, I love you"

(Picture of suicide bombing aftermath    http://www.whatever.com
in Israel)                               "Hacked by Chinese"

(Picture of a N. Ireland bombing)        http://wwww.xx.state.us
                                         "D344C3D BY DR D00M!"


} It is ironic that in the name of protecting freedom and democracy we will,
} very likely, soon give our government unprecedented powers to undermine
} both...

Various elements within the government have just been waiting for
something like this precisely to get these measures in place.

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