[kj] Antithesis of Killing Joke -- good catch

[Paul Wady]

Well, they don't like to talk about it, but seriously...The Good Professor is 1st cousin to Sasha!  TRUE!
("Is it because I is Aspergers, etc?")


 
 
 
 
 
 
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Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 15:29:21 +0100
From: MichaelHead at HBOSplc.com
To: dpeace at suspiria.demon.co.uk; gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] Antithesis of Killing Joke -- good catch










forgive my ignorance not knowing about the case, but when I 
saw Baron-Cohen below, I thought Borat or Bruno was having a laugh at the US 
again!
 


From: gathering-bounces at misera.net 
[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Darren A. 
Peace
Sent: 06 July 2009 15:19
To: 'A list about all things 
Killing Joke (the band!)'
Subject: Re: [kj] Antithesis of Killing Joke 
-- good catch




I 
have many problems with the McKinnon case.  I suspect the Asperger’s 
diagnosis, despite not questioning Baron-Cohen’s judgment, to be a red herring. 
I don’t see that Asperger’s is a de facto defence in any case, and the timing of 
the diagnosis is ... erm ... fortuitous.
 
“I 
will continue to disrupt at the highest levels” was a very ill-advised message 
for him to leave.
 
Having 
said that, the US frenzy to deport him is disproportionate, sinister and 
alarming. I see a theoretical value in making an example of someone as a general 
deterrent, but the arbitrary figure the US quote as being incurred as a result 
of McKinnon’s incursions ($700,000) seems a tad high to pay for their actually 
having to set passwords on users that they had previously neglected to do. 
McKinnon was obviously not the greatest threat to world security (he was traced 
as a result of miscalculating time zones, and remotely controlling a terminal 
while someone was sitting in front of it. Well, duh).
 
It’s 
odd that in the case of Richard Pryce, whose hacking from the UK was described 
by the US as 'doing more harm than the KGB' and dubbed the 'No 1 threat to U.S. 
security', he ended up with a £1200 fine in the UK.
 
Unless 
there is more information the US are too embarrassed to reveal, it’s obviously a 
stitch-up, but it’s disagreeable aligning myself with an anti-extradition 
campaign endorsed by the Daily Mail and Sting.
 
Darren
Hungerford, 
UK
 


From: 
gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf 
Of Stephen Lawrence
Sent: 05 July 2009 1:21 PM
To: 
gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] Antithesis of Killing Joke -- 
good catch
 
nicely put paul 

btw are you aware of the plight of GARY MCKINNON ?
have you signed the 
petition ?
 
would you like to make the gathering aware of the 
situation as a fellow autistic ?
i could do it but feel it more appropiate if 
you did the honours 
all the best 
it would be good to get a global 
response 



 
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