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If a person asks you to help them rob a bank, and you provide them with transportation to the bank, you're going to be found guilty as an accessory and you'll b
by dpatru 15y ago
If a person asks you to help them rob a bank, and you provide them with transportation to the bank, you're going to be found guilty as an accessory and you'll be punished the same as the bank robber.[1]
Here Cisco knew why China wanted its help, in fact, in at least one sales presentation Cisco has the bullet point: "Combat 'Falun Gong' evil religion and other hostiles." It's well known since "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"[2] how Communists treat religious and political dissidents.
So Cisco is being sued for the torture of political prisoners. They provided the technology used to capture these people knowing that they would be tortured after.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessory_(legal_term)#England_and_Wales http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessory_(legal_term)#England_...
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Day_in_the_Life_of_Ivan_Denisovich http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Day_in_the_Life_of_Ivan_Den...