RE: Destroying PCs remotely?

[John.Airey () rnib org uk]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn McMahon [mailto:smcmahon () eiv com]
> Sent: 18 June 2003 15:50
> To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Destroying PCs remotely?
[snip]
> > What was that? It was the US constitution saying bye-bye...
>
> What an asinine statement.  They have weapons that will destroy your
> body, too; does that violate the Constitution?
>
> Get back to me about our government when you guys repeal the Official
> Secrets Act, m'kay?

My fellow Americans, that was irony. It forms a major part of UK humour (try
watching Monty Python. The whole spam sketch is irony)

Your constitution says (Amendment V) "No person shall ... be deprived of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law". 

How you can have due process when any warnings will be on the PC that has
been destroyed? Unless of course you find out the person's address. If you
have that information you should go and arrest them and confiscate the PCs
anyway.

Our unwritten constitution was ripped up last Thursday by Tony Blair. (Note
to Americans - that was irony again...)

This is my last post on the subject. I don't want to start a "shall we
censor John Airey" debate...

- 
John Airey, BSc (Jt Hons), CNA, RHCE
Internet systems support officer, ITCSD, Royal National Institute of the
Blind,
Bakewell Road, Peterborough PE2 6XU,
Tel.: +44 (0) 1733 375299 Fax: +44 (0) 1733 370848 John.Airey () rnib org uk 

Evolution isn't true just because the majority of people think it is. 

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