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RE: truth in advertising for ISPs



 absolutely! 

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From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf 
Of Kristian Erik Hermansen 
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 3:15 PM 
To: Ben Holland 
Cc: [hidden email] 
Subject: Re: truth in advertising for ISPs 

On Jan 22, 2008 12:03 PM, Ben Holland <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> Actually... yes. I think that in this litigious society we have some 
> lawyer would be more then happy so say that it is the fault of the 
> mass pike and the MA police dept for not knowing and stopping the 
person with said object. 
> People who get killed in air plane accidents get to sue the air line 
> companies, I see no difference between that and a hacker stealing 
> thousands of identities over an ISPs pipe. My point however is this is 

> a very dangerous game that the ISPs are playing, blocking ports... 
> dropping IP packets, and thinking they have some form of privilege to 
> block traffic means that they should be help responsible for ALL 
> malicious traffic, spam, DOS attacks, hackers... I mean, why not? ~Ben 

A grade-school boy stabs his peer with a pen.  Do we hold the pen 
manufacturer accountable? 
-- 
Kristian Erik Hermansen 
"Know something about everything and everything about something." 

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