Re: Student arrested over Counter Strike map

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Fri, 4 May 2007, Brad Lhotsky wrote:

> Drsolly wrote:
> > Yes, I've always wondered why they won't let me carry a bomb onto an 
> > airplane. It isn't bombs that kill people, it's people that kill people.
> >  
> Armed with fresh indoct^H^H^H^H^Heducation from a CISSP Exam Prep Class,
> I'll have to submit that concept of "Dual-use goods".  Dual meaning
> "good guy uses" and "bad guy uses" or rather, "Benign" or "Malignant"
>
> With a bomb, the dual-use argument to be made for "benign use" is
> limited to military and construction.  Chances are that if you're not on
> a military base or a construction(blasting) site and you come across a
> bomb, the intended use is not "benign".

What about someone transporting it from one place to another?
 
> Evaluating a hammer as a "bad" thing in the context of a little boy's
> room is perplexing.  Sure, he might be building a weapon.  Dear lord, if
> that were a crime when I was growing up, I'd be typing this from
> Guantanamo Bay right now.  The kid had a hammer.  I used to use all my
> dad's power tools.  This society is becoming more and more depressing
> with their horrible risk assessment skills.
>
> I usually carry a knife around with me everywhere I go.  It's a tool.
> I've never used it for self-defense or attacking someone.  I'm annoyed
> that so many people classify a knife as a "threat".  For me, and most
> people I know, the "benign" uses of the knife far outweigh the
> "malignant" uses.  I've had a conversation with someone lecturing me on
> why I shouldn't carry a knife in public to have them, practically mid
> sentence ask to borrow my knife to open the tamper-proof plastic
> wrapping of a DVD or CD. *blink*

I carry a multitool; the main use is the pliers, but there's also a saw, a 
knife, and a thing for getting stones out of horses hooves. 

> Does anyone know where the reset button is on this administration and
> media? :)
 
Yes, it's your nearest travel agent. Come to England, where our Big Issue 
today is whether rubbish should be collected weekly or fortnightly. 

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