> I can't believe anyone honestly considers a "counter-attack" worm the same
> as self-defense. Deadly force, or otherwise normally illegal amounts of
> force, is justified only in defense of your life, or the lives of others,
> your physical well-being, or the physical well-being of others. Defense is
> something done to prevent something from happening, retaliation
> is something
> done in response to a previous act. Furthermore, from what I gather, it's
> not even retaliatory, it's pre-emptive, being a automated worm like CR. In
> any case, it is illegal, and rather morally and ethically
> suspect. Releasing
> yet another worm that attempts unauthorized access to someone's
> machine, and
> then runs code on it is illegal.

        Say someone has left a loaded gun on their lawn, where anyone could pick it
up and shoot it at anything they chose. Is it morally justified to trespass
onto their property to remove and unload the gun? Do you have to wait until
you see a child nearby? Until a child picks up the gun?

        DS

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