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From The Article "Freedom vs "Freedom" - Ed Stroligo - 8/20/03
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Ed appears to predict the ending of freedom on the Internet, do you agree with him ?... is this a good thing ?.. or do you disagree with his views
From The Article "Freedom vs "Freedom" - Ed Stroligo - 8/20/03
Hmmmm, looks like I'm getting about forty instances of the SoBig virus per hour. Gee, that's just what I bought a computer for.
At the moment, the viruses seem to be beating out the spam in the Battle of the Sociopathic ********.
Unfortunately, the only losers seem to be me. And you.
It appears that last week's virus knocked out the safety monitoring system of a nuclear power plant
Yet there are those in some circles who would say that this is a good reason to shut down nuclear power plants rather than virus writers.
No, this is why you need law, and law enforcement.
Freedom is not "I can do anything I want." That's not freedom. That's anarchy. That's rule of the jungle.
Freedom is "I can do what I want consistent with the rights of others." What are those rights? That's what we have constitutions and bills of right and laws, to define those rights.
There always has to be some form of "law" in a society. Even a society of saints follow rules.
We don't live in a society of saints, so laws have to be engraved on paper rather than hearts. And then they need to be enforced against those who will not otherwise obey.
This is not to say there cannot be bad laws, but bad laws do not remove the need for law, no more so than bad people remove the possibility that good people exist.
NOTE This Information Is Edited :- Reading The Full Article Is Recomended
This article is a must read !!
Ed appears to predict the ending of freedom on the Internet, do you agree with him ?... is this a good thing ?.. or do you disagree with his views