Any threat against a government's monopoly on violence is a threat against its very lifeblood. The outcome is pretty predictable. What do you think would cause

Any threat against a government's monopoly on violence is a threat against its very lifeblood. The outcome is pretty predictable. What do you think would cause a more passionate and exaggerated reaction in the IT community? * someone stealing a few computers from a hardware store, or breaking other people's computers on purpose, OR * someone saying computers are inherently evil and should be abandoned and banned forever, while rallying support in that direction? (to be clear, this is an analogy to a government's expected reaction to theft, vandalism, rape etc. versus a perceived existential threat to its military and police) Being suddenly outraged or shocked by the development in this story displays a lack of understanding of basic historical patterns. If anything, the government's desire to send such exaggerated, exemplary signals by means of giving peaceful old nuns "a lesson" points at some surprising weakness & insecurity on its part.