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It's not aupposed. The court's job is not to enforce ryanlol's idea about what the law should be. The court's job is to enforce the actual existing text of the
by throwawayjava 7y ago
It's not aupposed.
The court's job is not to enforce ryanlol's idea about what the law should be. The court's job is to enforce the actual existing text of the actual existing laws.
The actual existing laws say that attempting to break into a computer to which you do not have access is a crime, even if your effort alone is not the lynchpin. And that conspiring to help someone else attempt is also a crime.
- ryanlol 7y ago>The court's job is not to enforce ryanlol's idea about what the law should be. Ah great. Did I ever suggest that? >The actual existing laws say that attempting to break into a computer to which you do not have access is a crime, even if you do not succeed. And that conspiring to help someone else attempt is also a crime. This is correct, but doesn't mean that it's right.
- throwawayjava 7y ago> Did I ever suggest that You called it a "supposed criminal act". Usually "supposed" used in that way means something similar to ostensible. That's why I started my post with "It's not supposed". In fact, that's the first definition Oxford gives for supposedly...
- ryanlool 7y agoAssange has not been convicted yet, has he?
- belltaco 7y agoSo if someone tried to poison you to death, but failed because he mistakenly bought sugar instead of poison, there was no crime committed? Is that how it works in your country? Is that right?
- ryanlool 7y agoThat's not at all similar to what happened here. In my country we have separate laws which specifically criminalize the act of preparing to murder someone, so yes that'd be illegal. I think that's right
- FireBeyond 7y agoSimilar to A Few Good Men, my brother's high school suspended him for selling oregano as weed. "He's selling it as weed, not oregano, so we're punishing him as if he was selling weed".