[EliAndrewC]

> Couldn't they pick a more sympathetic guy to talk about

"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all." - H.L. Mencken

[sneak]

This is way better than all the explanations I've been able to come up with for people about why it's important to defend weev.

[dllthomas]

Mencken had a way with words, for sure.

[ceol]

That might be telling you that there isn't a good reason to do so.

[sneak]

Oh, I had good ones, and still do: things about unpopular speech being the canary in the coal mine, things like that. It's much the same explanation.

Mencken is just a lot more eloquent than I was describing it, though.

[mpyne]

That's a great explanation for why CFAA needs reformed and weev's sentenced substantially reduced to match the 'crime'. But he still dun goofed.

[sneak]

I don't just think his sentencing was improper, I don't believe that there was any criminal wrongdoing by anyone at any point. He did nothing criminal, and neither did ATT.

[unclebucknasty]

I've seldom seen a better timed or more appropriate quote offered in reply.