Re: Schneier: ISPs should bear security burden

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () baylink com>]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 12:56:00PM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
> Not only do I not know this, I find it to be patently false.  Yes, I think
> a high percentage of users is too ignorant to know what they need or how
> to get it.  However, protecting them from that ignorance only propogates
> and perpetuates it.  Pain is one of natures most effective educators.

Fine.

But the pain doesn't *hurt* the people who cause it.

See also: Tragedy of the Commons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_Commons if you didn't have
a better explanation handy.

Cheers,
-- jra
-- 
Jay R. Ashworth                                                jra () baylink com
Designer                          Baylink                             RFC 2100
Ashworth & Associates        The Things I Think                        '87 e24
St Petersburg FL USA      http://baylink.pitas.com             +1 727 647 1274

      If you can read this... thank a system administrator.  Or two.  --me