Re: "hackers"

[Thomas Dineen <tdineen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gents:

    I have been quietly listening in to this discussion for several days now!

   I have a simple question: What the hell dose this rant have to do with:
"Community Support For Fedora Users"??????????

Thomas Dineen



On 4/25/2013 12:40 PM, Richard Vickery wrote:

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:17:53AM -0700, Richard Vickery wrote:

         .........snip.........

>
> Ignore and move on? Would you say the same thing if we, the state, threw
> you in prison for the use of the term? Civil society already does. Case in
> point: use of the term "my account has been hacked" or "...website had been
> hacked" have negative connotations; instead of looking to fix homes in
> faulty software, they blame someone for attacking them. This has to change.

No, it doesn't *have to* change and will actively resist.

> People don't normally intend to rob a bank when they go in to make a
> withdrawal. They have to understand that the same goes for hackers.

No, they don't *have to* understand and will actively resist.

What you're trying to change is human nature.

You are just going to let society walk all over you? 

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