AnarchoCyphertopian technologies (wasRE: [extropy-chat] Reccommendations for a mailing list)

[Dirk Bruere]

Russell Wallace wrote:

>On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:53:30 +0000, Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:
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>>If the penalties for both were severe the problem would be vastly reduced.
>>Spam is money motivated. Make it non-cost effective to both advertise via spam and to perform the actual spamming. Full confiscation of assets and lengthy jail time for a start.
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>>Redefine deliberate virus promulgation as terrorism and prosecute and punish accordingly. After a few life sentences (no parole) have been handed down I suspect the problem would fade significantly.
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>A cartoon I read, long ago:
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>A: "The bus is late again, damn it."
>B: "Yeah, it's a nuisance isn't it?"
>A: "What this country needs is a strong leader! Someone who can make
>the buses run on time!!"
>B: "...I think I'd rather wait for the bus."
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A: "Hey! my car has been vandalised!"
B: "Yeah, it's a nuisance isn't it?"
A: "What this country needs is punishments like Singapore, where 
vandalism is almost non-existent"
B: "... I think I'd rather not, because it's your car and I was the one 
that trashed it."

-- 
Dirk

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