[14865] in Cypherpunks
Re: Cyberspace is by nature crime-free
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rishab@dxm.ernet.in)
Wed Jun 8 09:13:32 1994
From: rishab@dxm.ernet.in
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 94 15:49:14 +0530
To: f_griffith@ccsvax.sfasu.edu, cypherpunks@toad.com
f_griffith@ccsvax.sfasu.edu:
>A correction: there was no evidence that the cult in Waco was abusing
>children - that was government propaganda, part of its demonizing of
>them to justify its own atrocious actions. The Texas welfare dept. had
>previously investigated such allegations of child abuse.
Though someone (Time?) published a child's description of the 'punishment
room,' that was not my contention. As the author had provided Waco as an
example of cult criminality, my response explained why, _assuming_ such a
cult _was_ indeed criminal, it's crimes would _in no way_ occur, or be
enhanced by, the usage of the Internet.
Any crime (apart from white collar financial fraud) has to occur in a physical
location, not in cyberspace...
Rishab
