Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:13:30 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: are we CRIMINALS? Message-ID: <20080122231330.GE78931@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20080122145708.S2543@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20080122125651.V2077@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4795F048.3090501@pacific.net.sg> <20080122145708.S2543@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 03:00:45PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >>jest first step to criminalize unix at all > > > >first step? > > > >Many Unix tools are considered illegal by German law since last summer. > > > > could you mail me more about it ? > > it's as stupid as considering knives to be illegal. yes i can kill with > knife, but i don't do this, and need it to slice a bread. > and there are 1000 other ways to kill - without knife You probably think that's an absurd notion that nobody would ever enact, and mean to show how absurd it is to outlaw `host -l` by drawing an analogy with outlawing knives. Such an argument is dependent upon the assumption that the guy listening to you thinks it's absurd to outlaw knives. Before making that assumption, however, you should have a look at laws regarding knives in Scotland. There's no end to the absurdity of law. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Anonymous: "Eat your crow early, while it's young and tender. Don't wait until it's old and tough."
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