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This is taking victim blaming to new heights. Is it now the victim's fault they don't acquiesce to a lawbreakers' demands? Doesn't MIT have the right to decide
by MichaelSalib 14y ago
This is taking victim blaming to new heights. Is it now the victim's fault they don't acquiesce to a lawbreakers' demands? Doesn't MIT have the right to decide who is allowed to use their network and in what manner?
Can I break into your home and use your internet connection as I see fit without your complaint?
- jlgreco 14y agoIs it similarly victim blaming when people call shit on the RIAA for claiming thousands of dollars of damages per mp3? Give me a break, and knock it off with the emotionally charged language. MIT isn't the victim of domestic abuse or sexual assault. > Can I break into your home and use your internet connection as I see fit without your complaint? They dropped the trespassing charges, the only charges that had merit.
- MichaelSalib 14y agoBut if I broke into your house and used your internet connection, the only harm would come from you, the "victim", objecting to my behavior. You'd be bootstrapping your own victimhood, right?
- jlgreco 14y agoIf I were choosing to object to you on the grounds that you trespassed, then no. If I were to drop the trespassing charges and choose to object on the grounds that I had to throw out my router because you used it, then I would indeed be manufacturing victomhood. I'll repeat myself. They dropped the trespassing charges.
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- carbocation 14y ago> "You realize that about 40% of the money that comes into MIT comes from the federal government right?" Based on this non sequitur, can we infer that you have tacitly accepted jlgreco's point?
- DannyBee 14y agoHe didn't break into anywhere. MIT had an open network. Can I use my neighbor's open wireless network without it being a crime? All signs point to yes.