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Blaming the Good Samaritan
Houston Carr, 2008-09-26

In the early 90's, I attended an academic conference in Hawaii. At one presentation, a colleague from the University of California at Berkeley whom I'll refer to as "the supervisor," told a story of young hackers, who he referred to as the Urchins.

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Blaming the Good Samaritan - You Idiots 2008-10-01
Bill
Many offer an analogy - suppose a stranger broke into your house (or similar) and left a helpful note. blah blah.

This is a logical fallacy called 'straw man' argument.

Let me give you a better analogy:

A son living at home, figures out how to enter without damage, and leaves a helpful not...

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