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more on DOD IPv6 director arrested for possession of child porn
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 17:40:28 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: April 7, 2006 3:25:27 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: lauren () vortex comSubject: Re: [IP] DOD IPv6 director arrested for possession of child porn
From: Ross Stapleton-Gray <amicus () well com> Date: April 7, 2006 1:06:23 PM EDT This is not going to bode well for the IPv4->IPv6 transition, but what the heck is up with high-level DC bureaucrats and the kid pr0n??
Dave, I wrote about this general issue in one of my "Wired News" columns several years ago (relating to Pete Townshend's arrest): http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,57397,00.html In that column, I suggested that the Internet has created an entire class of what we might call "opportunistic" collectors of this kind of disgusting material. By "opportunistic," I mean people who in the absence of the Internet were unlikely to ever seek out such photos, etc., and who are apparently unable to fully internalize the consequences of seemingly private mouse clicks in their home or office. I suggested that some sense of proportionality was necessary for the punishment to fit the crime in such cases -- difficult given the horrid nature of the subject matter involved. I just looked over that column again, and I believe that it still applies. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lauren () vortex com or lauren () pfir org Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, IOIC - International Open Internet Coalition - http://www.ioic.net Moderator, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com DayThink: http://daythink.vortex.com ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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