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- From: mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
- Subject: Re: Fun things to do to RTM (was: Internet worm)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.044441.25362@eff.org>
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- References: <1992Dec7.162432.4316@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <1992Dec8.161559.13195@eff.org> <1992Dec11.161745.197@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 04:44:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec11.161745.197@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
-
- >And would you have a similar problem with recasting the opinions of
- >people who happen to disagree with you as their wanting to "feel good
- >about the outcome of the case"?
-
- Only if I thought it were misrepresentation to do so.
-
- >Texas
- >has a law that makes doing what Morris did a crime. Try him and give
- >him the penalty prescribed (a jail term plus a fine) FOR EACH SYSTEM
- >IN TEXAS HE AFFECTED (I don't know how many, if any, that was).
- >Sentences to be served consecutively.
-
- This would be a very unusual way for Texas to prosecute the Morris
- case. It would also be an unusual sentence for Texas. Looks as if you
- want to bend Texas law to make your point.
-
- Besides, Texas prosecutors are barred by double-jeopardy principles from
- trying Morris.
-
- >Do you like that better? It's
- >in accord with all those legal principles you're worried about, so you
- >should.
-
- What you have written is in accord neither with my principles nor with
- Texas criminal law.
-
- >Now then, back to where I think that problem really lies. I've had
- >this problem in discussions involving the law with friends of mine who
- >are lawyers before. The presumption seems to be that the law is
- >'right' and that what we 'should' do stems from taht.
-
- In the Morris case, in my opinion, the law (as interpreted by the
- government) was wrong. So your discussion here seems inapposite.
-
- >It's a great pity that Mr Godwin appears to feel that the appropriate
- >response to someone disagreeing with him is to try and pillory them
- >instead of trying to figure out where they're coming from.
-
- Why do you keep referring to yourself in the third person?
-
-
- --Mike
-
-
-
-
- --
- Mike Godwin, |"Everything one invents is true."
- mnemonic@eff.org|
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