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0 pointssneak12y ago0 comments

This is way better than all the explanations I've been able to come up with for people about why it's important to defend weev.

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dllthomas12y ago

Mencken had a way with words, for sure.

ceol12y ago

That might be telling you that there isn't a good reason to do so.

sneakOP12y ago

Oh, I had good ones, and still do: things about unpopular speech being the canary in the coal mine, things like that. It's much the same explanation.

Mencken is just a lot more eloquent than I was describing it, though.

mpyne12y ago

That's a great explanation for why CFAA needs reformed and weev's sentenced substantially reduced to match the 'crime'. But he still dun goofed.

sneakOP12y ago

I don't just think his sentencing was improper, I don't believe that there was any criminal wrongdoing by anyone at any point. He did nothing criminal, and neither did ATT.

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dllthomas12y ago

Mencken had a way with words, for sure.

ceol12y ago

That might be telling you that there isn't a good reason to do so.

sneakOP12y ago

Oh, I had good ones, and still do: things about unpopular speech being the canary in the coal mine, things like that. It's much the same explanation.

Mencken is just a lot more eloquent than I was describing it, though.

mpyne12y ago

That's a great explanation for why CFAA needs reformed and weev's sentenced substantially reduced to match the 'crime'. But he still dun goofed.

sneakOP12y ago

I don't just think his sentencing was improper, I don't believe that there was any criminal wrongdoing by anyone at any point. He did nothing criminal, and neither did ATT.

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