> -----Original Message----- > From: gkrueger [mailto:gkrueger at cleosci.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:42 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: Tools != Crime (was Re: [TCLUG] Netstat > Segmentation Fault) > > > Your statements defined precisely why the shades of gray are so wide. > You speak of speed limits, but speed limits are black and white in a > world of color. A comfortable speed for one driver may be > excessive for > another. I may easily be able to drive 75 mph on one road while the > little old lady gets nervous driving beyond 45 mph. > > And what of the day the limit changes. Yesterday the legal > limit was 55 > mph on road X. The people pulled over by the cops were told, "we are > just trying to keep you safe." Today, a new limit went into > effect, and > the legal limit is now 70 mph on the same road X. This now begs the > question, "which one was/is the safe speed?" Were they lying > before; is > it all a farce? > <postmodernism alert> > Doing the right thing is not easy because it's all relative to the > perspective, and therein lies the problem. > > You quoted the "gray area" of, "I only stole a little money." > If your > pockets are lined, and you have plenty, then the petty theft would > certainly be wrong. But what of the thief who steals in the name of > survival? His pockets are empty, he has nothing, and he > hasn't eaten in > days. Now what? Is it still wrong? It depends upon who you > are: the > thief (right) or the one from whom he stole (wrong). </postmodernism alert> Does any of this have anything to do with Linux? > It would be nice if everything were clear-cut and simple, but > then that > would mean we all think the same way. Life would be dull, > and we would > all be clones. > > Btw, what's a tan age driver? > > GK > > Sam MacDonald wrote: > > > Do the right thing, be helpful, be positive, have good intentions. > > > > Don't play god, don't feel you have the right to act just > because you > > can, don't do evil things for fun. > > > > How difficult is this to understand. > > > > As a society we've let the "gray area" become much to wide. I only > > stole a little money, I only lied a little bit, I only hit > him once, I > > only raped her once, I only shot him once. Criminal behavior is > > criminal behavior, end of story. > > ... > > > Lets say my son is riding his new bike around the > neighborhood, a tan > > age driver, driving at 2 times the speed limit (that would > be 50 mph), > > hits and kills my son. Do I have the right to go ... > > > > better hope the police get him before I do. Do the right > thing follow > > the speed limit so you don't kill my son. > > > > Sam > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list