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Story: Nasa hacker loses bid to avoid extradition

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I appreciate your comments...

You did give me something to think about.

"In the UK I think it is true to say that we have a mistrust of most justice systems (including our own)" Why? Why not try to reform your system if you do not like it? I am not saying that the US's legal system if perfect, I know its not (far from it) but when we see errors in it we can fix them and reform them.

"We consider that it is our duty to help protect vulnerable people -"
We do to. We protect the minority or atleast we try to.
"and I do say that someone with aspergers should not go to jail for downloading pornography because in their case it does not suggest that the interest in doing so comes from the same kind of obsession that would drive most people to do it the obsession may be with finding picturs of girls with red hair that is exactly shoulder length or something else equally benign." hmm I disagree, I think their can be no reason to let someone go in a child porn case, no reason at all, you say its your duty to protect the vulnerable people, tell me is their anyone more vulnerable then children? We can agree to disagree here that is fine, I do see your point but I disagree with it.

"In the UK we do not believe that the US is generally caring towards disabled people of any description - in my observation even some war vets are treated appallingly - this perception may be wrong as I havent lived there and if it is then please convince me that a poor person who loses a leg would be given the latest prosthetics and access to mobility at public expense." I think the US is caring to people with disablities, would I say all, of course not like any place else their are a**holes, for the majority I think we care for our disabled. Are some Vets treated appallingly? I am not naive enough to say that some are not treated badly, would I say that the majority of Americans treat our Vets badly, no I would not. Funny you should mention Vets though,, the US just celebrated its Veterans Day just this past week. A day we as a country we Honor their Service.

"please convince me that a poor person who loses a leg would be given the latest prosthetics and access to mobility at public expense." Their are programs for this yes, would they get the latest, probably not, would I get the latest, probably not, depends on the insurance companies.

"That is why we say he should be tried here because we will judge the case with the understanding that he did not connect the incidence with right or wrong" Two things first the UK has already refused to judge him, its only when the US charged him and wanted him expidited that now the people of the UK says he should be judged there. Second he already admitted that he knew right from wrong and he knew the criminality here is a quote from him “I’m not blind to criminality but I was on a moral crusade at the time." That to me says that he knew what he was doing was wrong but he did not care because he was on a moral crusade.

"that even after punishment (that rather archaic notion of something that I thought was supposed to reform) he would have no greater connection with the cause and effect than he did before - that is the nature of aspergers and the challenge to society in helping such people manage their lives." Where do we draw the line?

"As far as the US defence system goes then their duty is to protect it with a level of security which would prevent people from doing this - they should be very relieved that the person who hacked it was a harmless young man in a house in London and not an Al Quaeda terrorist." True, I am not excusing the US,that was extremely stupid of them, however if I came to your house and you left your door unlocked and I let myself in and looked around, would that be ok? Afterall you left your house with weakened security.

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