Punishment That Sends A Message

9 September 2003

Bob Evans, editor at InformationWeek, has written an excellent editorial concerning Jeffrey Parson, that 18-year old who unleashed Blaster or something like it.

And for the clincher, Katie or Oprah will lower her voice and lean forward and perhaps even put a hand ever so gently on his knee as the riveted audience watches breathlessly while she intones, ”Jeffrey, if you had it to do all over again, you wouldn’t unleash that virus, would you? And-look at me, Jeffreyyou’ve learned your lesson and been punished enough already, haven’t you?”

Bob Evans
Editor, InformationWeek
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