Re:'AOL squatter' takes wraps off new startup, Claco
by sfaruque on Saturday September 22, 2012 @02:52PM
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I can't tell if you are just trolling or if you really mean to classify Eric Simons as a criminal?
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Re:'AOL squatter' takes wraps off new startup, Claco
by joesheehan on Saturday September 22, 2012 @03:08PM
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He lived in an office building illegally, so yes, he's a criminal.
Re:'AOL squatter' takes wraps off new startup, Claco
by dkroy on Saturday September 22, 2012 @03:41PM
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So if I illegally speed does that make me a criminal. Would you classify me by that one action, or the many other ones I do each day? By your definition a great number of the people that live on this earth would be classified as criminals.
Re:'AOL squatter' takes wraps off new startup, Claco
by jrockway on Saturday September 22, 2012 @07:06PM
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So if I illegally speed does that make me a criminal.
Yes. Speeding endangers other people so that you can get somewhere slightly faster.
Re:'AOL squatter' takes wraps off new startup, Claco
by jaylevitt on Saturday September 22, 2012 @07:31PM
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No. Moving violations are not necessarily crimes. In Massachusetts, I think that reckless driving is a crime (usually interpreted as 20MPH), but I know that plain ol' speeding is not. If you contest, you see a magistrate; if you appeal the magistrate's decision, you do get a trial with a judge, but the ticket itself is considered evidence of your speeding.
Re:'AOL squatter' takes wraps off new startup, Claco
by jrockway on Saturday September 22, 2012 @08:48PM
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The point is, when you speed, you take something from someone else for your own benefit and that's the essence of criminality.
Re:'AOL squatter' takes wraps off new startup, Claco
by etherextraction on Saturday September 22, 2012 @09:34PM
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You took my attention away to read your pathetic comment, I pronounce you a criminal.