Hunt for Palin 'hacker': Journalism or mob mentality?

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So what are you advocating, anarchy?

So, are you advocating anarchy where there are absolutely no constraints on moral, ethical, fair and legal behaviour?

I am so sick of people who say that it's OK for a person to do something illegal, let alone it being morally and ethically wrong and therefore advocating no punishment or consequences for these actions.

Where do we draw the line?

People advocate that pirating music or movies online is OK but still believe that walking into a retail store and stealing a TV is wrong?

You are now advocating there are no consequences of bad behaviour, immoral, unethical or illegal conduct?

I hear people constantly talking about free speech and using it as an excuse also, but again where do you draw the line.

Why not applaud the fact that the 'Internet' community regardless of what their political motivation or other beliefs are rallied and helped track down somebody who did something illegal and unethical and an absolute breach of every bodies right to privacy - which by the way is something a lot of people value but if it's someone else's privacy it's less important or it's OK?

People around the world rallied by using the Internet to track down paedophiles who disguise their images online but nobody characterised this as a mob mentality to track them down?

A rapist, paedophile, mugger, robber, hacker are still abhorrent no matter what you call them and no matter how you try and justify their behaviours and motivations - a thief is a thief by any other name. We have laws for a reason and these laws are meant to protect us and also apply equally to all people - this is the principle of justice.

I also heard no uproar over the mob mentality of the liberal media and liberal bloggers to viciously attack Sen Palin?

We need some commonsense and less hypocrites here please.

Posted by: OMGDonnieBoyisanIdiot   Posted on: 09/23/08  (Edited: 09/23/2008 @ 09:07) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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