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In <Zt%l6.65747$_D.12140610@typhoon.we.rr.com>, "Keith Paxton"
<neodoesntw@ntspamknac.com> wrote:

>>-- I think laws would substantially discourage cracking attempts.

>Based on what evidence?

Examples too numerous to list.

>*Laws* don't deter crime. *Enforcement* of laws
>(possibly) deters crime.  ...

On the contrary -- compliance with seat belt laws, for example, was
substantial prior to enforcement.  (It's better with enforcement, but is
still not universal.)  Laws help to establish minimum standards of
social conduct.

>... Based on my own
>experience (and I have the logs to back me up), most port scans are done by
>out of country computers. 83% of the scans against my firewall, webservers,
>mail server and ftp server are initiated outside of North America. ...

Then you would seem to be the exception.  Compiled data from large
numbers of users show most scans originating in the USA.

>> The why does the USA have one of the highest
>> violent crime rates in the developed world to go
>> along with the highest rate of private ownership
>> of lethal weapons?

>You are wrong. We aren't even in the top ten per-capita. ...

Not true.  See below.

>For more info on *that* subject, go to http://www.gunsandcrime.org/

No thanks -- I'll stick to more objective sources.  ;-)

   Most countries have produced data on firearm deaths, allowing
   researchers to estimate the number of suicides, homicides and
   unintentional deaths by firearms, and to make international
   comparisons. Such comparisons must be made cautiously because of the
   different approaches that countries take in keeping records of public
   health and crime statistics. The data collected through the United
   Nations International Study on Firearm Regulation (1998) allow for
   some preliminary comparisons. Twenty-nine countries submitted
   statistics on the rate of firearm deaths per 100,000 population. The
   highest rates were reported by Columbia at 55.8, Brazil at 26.9 and
   the United States at 14 per 100,000 population. About 21 of the
   countries reported a rate of less than 5 per 100,000 population,
   including Canada at 4.1; Australia at 3; New Zealand at 2.9; and
   Sweden at 2.3. Nine countries reported a rate of one or less,
   including Japan at 0.07 and the United Kingdom at 0.6 (United Nations
   International Study on Firearm Regulation. New York. 1998).

Bottom line: US firearms death rate is over 20 times higher than the UK
and Japan.

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