Quote from: JoTheKhan on January 03, 2014, 05:37:04 AM

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Quote from: theBishop on January 03, 2014, 04:15:51 AM

I was given a two week ban for trolling following a rather distasteful row with VE. I thought you guys knew this? StuartUk, VE, crumbs and myself all got the same treatment as far as I know which was an excellent move on the part of the mods who I congratulate for doing so. It means that finally they will take action against trolls which frees up this message board somewhat and allows for discussion. Looking back at this last weeks posts, I'd say it was an absolute success!

Edit: at the end of the day the mods on this forum are very anti-censorship and rightfully so, but were forced to intervene because it got so out of hand.

You clearly haven't learned your lesson, zumzishop. Ban evasion is a serious crime. As admirable as I find your ass-sucking and toadying up to the mads to be, I'm afraid you'll nevertheless need to remove yourself from this forum for 2 (two) whole weeks before I lift your ban.

I don't want to have to worn you again. You are on the road to ruin, young man; straighten up and fly right.

It's not a crime. It can't be prosecuted against in any court of law in any country (maybe China? Idk what they are doing over there) on this planet.

Oh, how wrong you are, JoTheKahn, how wrong you are!
Most of the hacking cases pivot on "unauthorized access to computers and networks." Aaron Swartz hung himself over it, Weev is doing time for it. It's a crime if someone decides to prosecute - the laws are there, they're real, and people should know that they exist :/
But that's not what i was talking about. I meant in a "breaks forum rules" sense.

Aaron Swartz hacked and broke actual laws. It's not a criminal offense to get banned from a forum and then make a new account on it. They can ban you again but they can't call the cops on you.

What do you think hacking is? The actual laws broken were "unauthorized access to computers and computer networks." If you know that you don't belong on a system (like being B&), and you get on the system anyway (unlawful access), you could be V&. Find out about that, it's kind of creepy. Google it.
Again, I'm not saying that anyone will go after some kid d*cking around on a forum, but the laws are there. No need to bring China into this.

*Getting B& is not a crime, but logging on after being banned is. Just because something is a crime doesn't mean that you will surely get punished, only that you *could*, if things go wrong. And i'm pretty sure you knew what i meant without me typing an essay about it.