Re: Would there be a military strike?

From: JWMeritt (jwmeritt_at_aol.com)
Date: 10/29/03 

Date: 29 Oct 2003 14:40:08 GMT

John Veldhuis wrote:
>
>JWMeritt wrote:
>
>> Going from the premptive strike philosophy demonstrated in Mideastern
>> countries, what are your thoughts on a military strike against (as yet
>> unseen) "cyberterrorists" a'la
>> http://www.msnbc.com/news/985295.asp?0si=- if there were extranational
>> agents tampering with identified components of the infrastructure to
>> the extent that they were risking human life?
>
>Hi Jim,
>
>Pre-emptive strikes are per definition unlawful, as demonstrated in
>Mad-eastern countries.

By your example, please note that it happens anyway. Widely publicized and
with warning and prior discussion.

>my opinion: in this particular case: spammers, e-mail virusses and worms
>are the worst threat to (the usability of) Internet.

I would disagree.

>Next are uncontrolled/uncontrollable "law" enforcement agencies.
>
>But that's just my opinion.

That's interesting.

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