[LINK] Federal police asked to probe Google

[Craig Sanders]

On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 10:17:47PM +1000, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> A plea of mitigation might be valid, even if it doesn't change the fact 
> that a law was broken.

*might* have been broken.

some wild conclusions have been made based on unsupported assumptions
and serious mis-understanding of the technology involved.

it's yet another huge leap from that to stating definitively that "a law
was broken".

this is how it's supposed to work: you gather the evidence and you
analyse it to find out if a law has been broken. you don't decide that
it has and then go selectively hunting for anything that confirms it
while ignoring everything that refutes it.


craig

still disgusted by the mob-mentality on this list over this beat-up.

and just as disgusted that, in the interest of rationality - and justice
- i'm put in the position of having to stand up for a corporation.

-- 
craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>