Re: Idaho Killer Holds Encryption Key to Laptop Mystery

["Dennis Henderson" <hendomatic () gmail com>]

> Now - go to the mirror and look at yourself.  Are you *sure* you would
> be able to hold that red hot poker *yourself*? To listen to his screams
> of pain and terror? To cause those screams?  When your beef with him is
> that *he* was able to sink low enough to do that?  At that point, how
> can you claim any moral superiority over him?
>
> I'll posit that if you're able to to do it without qualms, you're probably
> just as fucked up as he is.  And if you're *not* fucked up before, you
> will
> be after.  There's a *reason* why firing squads traditionally had one
> rifle
> at random loaded with a blank...


The random blank in a firing squad cannot even compare to the ticking time
bomb scenario.

A firing squad is an administrative task, not a preventive task. You're not
asking someone on a firing squad to perform a task to save themselves or
humanity. I can't believe this comparison would even be considered.

If you knew that someone had the combination to the stop button and that not
knowing it would mean that you or your family would die, you better be
"fucked up" enough to get the job done and get the information. Otherwise
you will be (fucked up).

_______________________________________________
Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts.
https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec
Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.