"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message
news:1125083604.167217_at_yasure...
> Mark Bole wrote:
>
>
>> I still think that if a legally competent adult in our "civil society"
>> doesn't take reasonable precautions, based on common
>> knowledge, to protect themselves from harm, then yes, they are to some
>> degree to blame.
>
> And I agree. I am very much in favor of people accepting personal
> responsibility.
>
> But consider these nuances.
>
> 1. I park my car in a dark alley
> 2. I leave the car unlocked
> 3. I leave the keys in the ignition
> 4. I leave the motor running
>
> I'll grant that 4 is way over the line: 3 too for that matter. But at
> 2 it gets a bit dicey. What if my car is a convertible? Or what if my
> vehicle is a motorcycle?
>
> So I am whole-heartedly in agreement with you. But that is not an
> excuse that should be usable for a writer of a virus, for example,
> to say ... "well if you'd secured your machine my virus wouldn't
> have hurt you."
>
> Shame on the computer owner for not applying the patch. Let them suffer
> the time and expense of fixing their problem. But lets agree as a
> society to get out the lead pipes and beat the virus writer senseless.
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> http://www.psoug.org
> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> (replace x with u to respond)
Beat some civility into 'em, right?
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