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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: hackers
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Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 10:53:24 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 17 10:53:24 1984
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> "Hacking" of that sort IS A CRIME, and should be punished.  I worked long
> and hard to attain the sort of financial responsibility I enjoy today, and
> the thought of some punk taking advantage of my efforts to his own benefit
> fills me with the urge to kill...
> 
> This is not a "witch-hunt."  These people are irresponsible jerks, and they're
> doing REAL damage to REAL people, and I'm really sick of self-serving apologia
> like the above.  Computer crime is real, it's dangerous, and when the
> creeps who perpetrate it are caught, they should be punished.
> 
> 					--- das

STOP STOP STOP STOP

Hacking is not a crime!
Nowhere in the original messages did it say that the young hacker was
doing anything he shouldn't do.  Learning all kinds of obscure things
about computers, connecting to public bulletin boards, hanging out with
other hackers, is not a crime.

-Ron