[390] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: ATO Incident
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher D. Beland)
Tue May 1 03:12:08 2001
Message-Id: <200105010711.DAA10621@Press-Your-Luck.mit.edu>
To: "Alex M. Hochberger" <alex@feratech.com>
cc: mit-talk@MIT.EDU, ifc-talk@MIT.EDU
In-reply-to: The events that comprise the history of the universe.
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 03:11:17 -0400
From: "Christopher D. Beland" <beland@MIT.EDU>
> Is anyone else but me bothered that ATO is getting into serious
> trouble over this?
Merely extrapolting from ATO's public record, I have the feeling that
if we knew about every violation of the law that's actually occurred
there, they'd have been closed down long ago. So, I'm not crying any
tears that they're having the book thrown at them now.
Wouldn't things be interesting if a subpoena opened up to public
scrunity the full set of MIT records going back into Dorow era.
> if you need police protection from an intruder endangering you and
> your friends in your own home, the police and city can use this as
> an excuse to punish you.
It seems rumor has it that the Roots members were not actually
intruders.
Much as I'm a proponent of anonymous medical transport, the police in
the Real World have a general mandate to enforce the law, which they
don't suspend just because someone is calling for their help. At some
level, I have to say, if you don't want to get in trouble when you
call the police, then don't break the law. (Gasp, shock, what a
concept!) Isn't that what individual responsibility is all about?
-B.
