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So, in your opinion, crime is a net positive because it reinforces the need for police?


No, in my opinion a system thrives when it is challenged. An immune system, a legal system, an enforcement system, or a security system. The challenges provoke adaptation. Evolution. I'm not a fan of illness, but some degree of exposure is necessary to build up the human immune system on both local and global scopes. Likewise, I'm not a fan of network penetration and security breaches, but they reinforce the re-focus that which they attack as a whole.

And note that we're talking about screwing with a couple articles on a web page and getting some passwords. Sure, that's bad, but it's not shutting down the power grid that feeds a hospital or stealing social security from elderly women. Likewise, I tolerate colds and cold season as part of reinforcing the immune system while I would probably not be so tolerant of small-pox unleashing itself across the population.




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