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Yes, you do need to point it out because this story is the perfect storm of naivete from HN. It sparks all the irrational nerves of the pro-science crowd with
by Zimahl 13y ago
Yes, you do need to point it out because this story is the perfect storm of naivete from HN. It sparks all the irrational nerves of the pro-science crowd with the hints of anti-science, the 'man' keeping the 'hacker' down storyline, the 'school is so structured it sucks' crowd, and definitely the anti-government group here. And we can't forget the 'Aaron Swartz didn't do anything wrong' crowd.
Sure, this story has an overzealous prosecutor looking for an easy score and to set an example, but the way people talk you'd think she was following teacher instruction in a lab and an accident happened and for some reason she's being persecuted for it.
She should've known better and done what the rest of us did - set the thing off in the forest behind the school.
- HCIdivision17 13y agoThe problem is the potential for felony as an adult. That's life-ruining stuff there, and people don't want to go soft on protesting that sort of severity. Without malicious intent, it's hard to rationalize it as criminal behavior, rather than
- HCIdivision17 13y ago... rather than foolish recklessness. Plus a lot of us remember having far fewer rules, like complaining about not being able to bring knives to school (talked my way out of losing my multitool in high school). People feel strongly on What's-the-World-Coming-To topics, so expect some passion. It'd be a bit worrying if we didn't see it.