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Re:Basecamp was under network attack by mpyne on Monday March 24, 2014 @07:51PM (#7462674)
The US is far from the only country to make DDoS a crime or tort in various situations.
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Re:Basecamp was under network attack by bertil on Monday March 24, 2014 @10:11PM (#7463318)
Of course not, and that was not my point.

The original comment said that because DDoS could be illegal, is was different from openly carrying a fire-arm; that assumes that openly carrying a firearm isn’t illegal. It often is, outside of the US -- hence my response.

I would have appreciated you didn’t downvote me before you understood that.

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Re:Basecamp was under network attack by mpyne on Monday March 24, 2014 @10:29PM (#7463415)
Fair enough, but the comment you had replied to had assumed quite reasonably that DDoS is a criminal act, and I can only assume your response quibbling about that was $SOMETHING-centric. Apologies for the downvote but that impression changed my interpretation of your later comment.
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