Re: FW: The Code Red hype Hall of Shame

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

Forwarded from: Brian McWilliams <bmcw () mediaone net>

At 04:19 AM 8/13/01, InfoSec News forwarded on:

> as for the twinkies, i prefer not to name names.  they're a
> 'type'. they think company flacks are a legitimate news source.
> (well they can be, so long as you're questioning them about their
> competitors, lol). they're gullibile, and ambitious, and
> well-groomed, and they don't expect people to lie to them.  they
> went to schools like my alma mater (Williams), but they imagined
> their professors were all wonderful people, and cherish their
> diplomas.  they can read and digest difficult text, and re-cap it
> on command; they've learned to follow complex instructions, meet
> deadlines with pluck, and go about things in a 'professional'
> manner -- that is, without reluctance, personal flair or (Heaven
> forbid) independent moral reasoning. They lack imagination,
> talent, and most of all, courage.  And they make me sick.

Thomas,

Our colleagues are not perfect, but this is the most mean-spirited
thing I've read in a long time.

What the hell is the relevance of grooming?!

Your willingness to leap to such generalizations is a dangerous
tendency in a journalist. At best, it leads to the sort of
stereotyping that claims all hackers are pimply social misfits. At
worst, it could cause a reporter to force facts to fit his hypotheses
or biases.

Brian



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