Re: Legal Crap [was: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.]

[Dave Crocker <dhc2 () dcrocker net>]

On 12/1/2012 11:01 AM, Jimmy Hess wrote:
> Anyone, including people off the street, can have opinions about the
> Law, and opinions about networks.     Would you be willing to rely
> some  stranger off the street,  with no qualifications, or positive
> background whatsoever,   to start recommending a new network design,


quite possibly.  strangers off the street sometimes demonstrate superior 
insight than credentialed 'experts'.  not typically, of course, but 
sometimes.

an essential point is how much work i want to do to assess the 
credibility of the comments from either source.

folks who rely on their credentials for credibility tend to lose it with 
me.  anyone who makes a point by clearly providing a solid basis for it 
tends to gain it.

but i agree that clarity about the purpose of this thread would be 
helpful...

d/
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 Dave Crocker
 Brandenburg InternetWorking
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