Teen Nearly Killed us All

[JustAGuy]

Maybe because it can cost upwards of billions of dollars in damages via lost time, productivity, repairs, etc.? Imagine if someone kicked NASA off the airwaves, blocking them from recieving any data from their numerous space ventures (photos, data transmissions, etc.), all because said someone wanted to download "films and music"? Or imagine someone taking down an entire neighborhood's bandwith / ISP connection so that they could do the same?

Gee, I can't for the life of me see why taking down a network would be seen as a bad thing. Nope, not a single reason is dawning on me.

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I agree that any network downtime is bad, and the kid shouldn't have been downloading music and films on other people's bandwidth (or at all for that matter), but the reaction is what I was questioning.

It was not a terrorist threat, as that is what they thought it originally was, so their reaction was improper.

Just because a few "crazy muslims" want to kill America, doesn't mean that everything little thing that happens has to do with terrorists.

"Uh oh, my computer is infected with a virus! Musta been terrorists!"

Give me a break.