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Re:Regarding Marcus Hutchins aka MalwareTech by zitterbewegung on Saturday August 05, 2017 @08:50AM (#14935455)
So, if I paid someone $1 to commit murder then it wouldn't be egregious? People are judged on the crime they committed not how they benefitted off of it.

EDIT: Note the parent used to claim that $2000 for Malware isn't worth going to Jail for 40 years because its only $2000.

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Re:Regarding Marcus Hutchins aka MalwareTech by eatitraw on Saturday August 05, 2017 @10:35AM (#14935915)
> So, if I paid someone $1 to commit murder then it wouldn't be egregious?

A straw man. Stealing $1 is certainly isn't as serious than stealing $100k. And creating malware is closer to theft rather than murdering people.

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