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How is losing your livelihood, potentially being blacklisted from the industry entirely, not commensurate to judicial punishment? That’s exactly the sort of p
by kansface 6y ago
How is losing your livelihood, potentially being blacklisted from the industry entirely, not commensurate to judicial punishment? That’s exactly the sort of punishment we impose on computer hackers.
- Bud 6y agoIf you can't tell the difference between that and jail, I'm not sure how I can explain it better to you.
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- kansface 6y agoWhy do you think jail is the only punishment doled out by the judicial system? As I just wrote, we ban computer hackers from using computers for life - that's not jail. ~Cancellation~ exile was a preferred punishment, also not jail. We currently sentence people to community service and other metered, lesser acts of contrition/penance/punishment. For instance, we make graffiti artists clean up their art with soap and water (still not jail). Another favored punishment is the fine, in which society confiscates ill-begotten proceeds or perhaps resorts to mere punishment as recompense. I don't see much of a difference between a judge issuing a fine and an Internet mob merely destroying your life besides due process.