Comments on: Amoral, E-Moral, or iMoral?

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:01:00 +0000

Exactly. It's a bit of a pain sometimes.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:01:00 +0000

Exactly. It’s a bit of a pain sometimes.

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:45:00 +0000

Not that hackers are even universally vandals. Its the black hats or crackers that give the rest of them (us?) a bad name.

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:45:00 +0000

Not that hackers are even universally vandals. Its the black hats or crackers that give the rest of them (us?) a bad name.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:12:00 +0000

What annoys me about articles like this is that the media throws such a bad light on hackers. First off, these kids aren't hackers. Second off, these "hackers" or no worse than the punk kids from yesteryears. Just because their vandalism and what not occurs on a computer it becomes so much worse than all the vandalism kids have been committing since forever. *sigh*.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:12:00 +0000

What annoys me about articles like this is that the media throws such a bad light on hackers. First off, these kids aren’t hackers. Second off, these “hackers” or no worse than the punk kids from yesteryears. Just because their vandalism and what not occurs on a computer it becomes so much worse than all the vandalism kids have been committing since forever. *sigh*.

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:45:00 +0000

Did they include "without authorization" in their questions? My sister has logged into my account on the home computer to retrieve a backup for me, and I've logged into her Facebook, with permission, to fix her spelling errors on her profile.

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:45:00 +0000

Did they include “without authorization” in their questions? My sister has logged into my account on the home computer to retrieve a backup for me, and I’ve logged into her Facebook, with permission, to fix her spelling errors on her profile.

By: Gwenny

Gwenny — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:25:00 +0000

The thing I hate about these kinds of surveys is that they are completely out of context. Sure, PERHAPS similar numbers of computer sauvy adults would not consider some of this. But if you surveyed adults about amoral acts of piracy, theft and plain meanness that they would have committed at the same age, would they have been significantly less?

It's unscientific, but I would suggest that 50 somethings like myself were just as "amoral" as kids today based on my experiences as a teenager. We taped songs off the radio or from friend's albums. When VCRs came around, we taped movies from the tv. Many of the kids I grew up with saw nothing wrong with going through someone else's locker if it were left open, taking "notes" or diaries and sharing them with the general public.

The only difference is that that sort of thing was fairly local in impact. Only the kids in your school and maybe one or two close ones knew if you were having sex and were stupid enough to write it in your diary. Now the world can know–if it cares–if you post it online.

This is, as usual, just a load of tripe handed out by ignorant adults who want to PROVE that kids are worse now. Remember: "What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?" It's attributed to Plato.

By: Gwenny

Gwenny — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:25:00 +0000

It’s unscientific, but I would suggest that 50 somethings like myself were just as “amoral” as kids today based on my experiences as a teenager. We taped songs off the radio or from friend’s albums. When VCRs came around, we taped movies from the tv. Many of the kids I grew up with saw nothing wrong with going through someone else’s locker if it were left open, taking “notes” or diaries and sharing them with the general public.

This is, as usual, just a load of tripe handed out by ignorant adults who want to PROVE that kids are worse now. Remember: “What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?” It’s attributed to Plato.