Re: Re: Your One-Stop Site For Sony Lawsuit Info

[Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>]

--On Tuesday, November 22, 2005 07:47:29 -1000 Jason Coombs 
<jasonc () science org> wrote:

> Anthony R. Nemmer wrote:
> > That's a great website but it needs to include information about how to
> > contact the Department of Justice so that they will take Sony to court
> > for CRIMINAL action.  We need hundreds of thousands of people
> > mailing/emailing/calling the DOJ to get it through their thick skulls
> > that we aren't going to put up with this kind of sh*t from Sony or any
> > other company.
>
> Unfortunately, the end result of a criminal conviction for a corporation
> is nothing more than a fine. You can't put a corporation in prison, and
> there's no corporate death penalty.
>
> The only option available to the people is mob justice. Corporations can
> be ruined and they can be burned to the ground, but they can't be touched
> in a meaningful way through mechanisms of law. Corporate persons are
> truly first-class citizens, rising above the rest of us natural persons
> in importance and worth to society.
So, all those corporate execs walked out of the court house in handcuffs 
weren't really going to jail?

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
_______________________________________________
Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.
Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html
Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/