Re:Student Arrested for Jailbreaking Game Consoles
by scott_s on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @04:21PM
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Using your rationale, then Bernie Madoff should not be in prison, either.
I agree this person should not go to the prison, but I think your classification is too simple. Madoff hurt people - not physically, but financially. And the harm he caused was more devastating than if he had administered a physical beating.
Re:Student Arrested for Jailbreaking Game Consoles
by quizbiz on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @11:25PM
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It makes us happy to see that Bernie Madoff is going to jail but how much good is it really doing?
Re:Student Arrested for Jailbreaking Game Consoles
by latortuga on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @04:19PM
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I feel obligated to point out that jail is also used as a deterrent.
Re:Student Arrested for Jailbreaking Game Consoles
by silentOpen on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @04:23PM
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Hey, it's not as crazy as it sounds... DHS popped him so he was probably using the profits from modding to fund terrorism.
Don't question the government! They know better.
Agree with ujjwalg - sending someone to jail for that is crazy.
The point of jail is to physically stop someone from hurting other people. As in with fists or knives or guns. It's to stop violence. It is not to redress perceived economic or copyright infringements.
Are they serious?! You're going to take a human being, a fellow countryman (and a technically skilled one!) and actually forcibly confine him to a cage, because he circumvented the copy protection on a video game?!
What kind of crazy society is this, anyway. Welcome to the Twilight Zone.