Oh please. Virus creation comparable with car burning? Let me see....$15K-20K car vs incalculable lose of productivity, corporate data and trust. Hmmmm let me think about that. The problem with these silly discussions are that people are trying to compare the act of virus writing and hacking to a more ?hands on? crime like theft. That is just plain stupid.

Virus writers and hackers are intelligent people who plan and develop an attack. They go through all of the same steps as a master thief/murderer/serial whatever and yes terrorist does. They develop a program or process, test and execute the program/plan. That is called premeditation and should be judged accordingly.

It is my belief that all hackers and virus writers are a form of terrorists and should be prosecuted as such. They rely upon their intelligence to attack companies and individuals in such a fashion to create maximum damage to the business, technology and psyche of a company. They do so knowing full wel

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