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Message-ID: <20030830162221.GC31504@trusteddebian.org>
From: peter at trusteddebian.org (Peter Busser)
Subject: MS Blaster author / morning_wood misinformed

Hi!

> Interesting (child-like) thoughts, but in reality, this society we live
> in has laws.
> 
> If a person leaves the door to their home unlocked one evening (consciously
> or mistakenly) and someone chooses to go inside and ransacks the place.
> Sure the homeowner probably should have locked the door, but doing so
> didn't give the attacker just cause to go inside and cause the person
> grief.
> 
> It's still a crime. And if caught, the result will still be the same
> whether you're in the USA, Canada, Germany or China...
>
> Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Go directly to jail (or at least
> pay some fines).

I don't know about US, Canadian, German or Chinese law. But in Dutch law there
is a big difference between entering a house and stealing stuff and breaking
into a house and stealing exactly the same stuff. Apparently the house owner
has a responsibility of his own.

Groetjes,
Peter Busser
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