Re: Was the ClimateGate Hacker Justified? Join the Debate!

[Ned Fleming <ned () kaw us>]

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:17:33 +0200, Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
wrote:

> A few days ago a story broke where someone hacked into a global warming 
> research institute and stole all emails from the past 10 years, proving 
> a conspiracy.
>
>
> - Is the action taken by the hacker legal, ethical, and/or moral? Was 
> the action justifiable?

There was no "hacker"; this was an inside job. Somebody on the inside
wanted to get the word outside. 

> - Do you believe the harm done as a result is justified for the good 
> (disclosure) that came out of it?

Harm done? To whom? The reputations, such as they are, of the
insiders? It certainly paints them in a new light. Suppose it slows
down or stops the spending of  billions (trillions?) of renminbi and
rupees and shekels because it's not needed. A lot of good will have
been done.

> - Can this be treated as civil disobedience?

It won't be. 

Sooner or later the inside man will reveal himself, write a book, make
lots of money, suffer the scorn of the AGW true believers, and have
the last laugh.


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