Re: A question for the list...

From: Brian Finn (brian_at_nacmsw.com)
Date: 05/22/03

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To: Kevin Reardon <Kevin.Reardon@oracle.com>

    So, who are the network police?

    Brian

    On Wed, 21 May 2003, Kevin Reardon wrote:

    > Please keep these discussions directed toward the email list, it's
    > supposed to be a general conversation.
    >
    > Ignorance of the Law is no excuse, but it does not imply a mandatory use
    > of vigilantism as a response. In the case where a landlord is notified
    > and they do nothing, the police and regional prosecutors will have
    > something to say about it. If the neighbor, on the other hand, responds
    > in some manner, even if it is the same response the police would do,
    > they would be guilty of several offenses (and rightly so because it
    > would not be the actions of a "reasonable man"). Again, we use police
    > to enforce the laws, removing the burden (and hopefully the arbitrary
    > reactions of vigilantism) from the general users of society.
    >
    > ---K
    >

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