[412] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: ATO Incident
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Prez H. Cannady)
Tue May 1 09:37:10 2001
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Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 09:36:24 -0400
To: "Christopher D. Beland" <beland@MIT.EDU>,
"Alex M. Hochberger" <alex@feratech.com>
From: "Prez H. Cannady" <revprez@MIT.EDU>
Cc: mit-talk@MIT.EDU, ifc-talk@MIT.EDU
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At 03:11 AM 5/1/01 , Christopher D. Beland wrote
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>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.
That's a very interesting extrapolation. I don't
think it's very interesting or intelligent to
apply the same analyses between ATO's "public record"
law enforcement uses to tail repeat offenders,
particularly given that ATO, like many fraternities
at four year colleges, tend to cycle through half
their membership every two years.
While we're on it, how about presenting your
public record so we can make equally interesting
and intelligent assumptions about what criminal
activity piques your interest.
>So, I'm not crying any
>tears that they're having the book thrown at them now.
So, not only were you not there, but you are also
privy to information as of yet unreleased regarding
ATO's fate. I bet tax time gets real interesting,
especially considering how much work you must get
as a private eye or contract intel analyst or something.
>Wouldn't things be interesting if a subpoena opened up to public
>scrunity the full set of MIT records going back into Dorow era.
I think it'd be more interesting to see what happens
on tonight's episode of JAG, but to each his own.
>It seems rumor has it that the Roots members were not actually
>intruders.
No, that's the hard fact confirmed twice from
both sides and administration. Or is it simply
more challenging to build a case on rumors,
hearsay and prejudice?
>Much as I'm a proponent of anonymous medical transport,
It's easy to fall behind unrealized pipe dreams.
>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.
On the other hand, I have a real hard on for breaking the
law, and if this discussion on race has taught anybody
anything, such things don't relax easily.
>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!)
You should go teach a seminar at Harvard Law. While
your at it, count how many laws you've broken in the
past three weeks.
>Isn't that what individual responsibility is all about?
Nah, you leave out the "not getting caught" clause.
Rev Prez
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