Krishnakant wrote:
On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 15:08 +0530, Shakthi Kannan wrote:
Just because others' commit suicide, it doesn't mean we should too. Yes, the media and few others have been misusing the term.
Exactly my Point. That's why I gave an example of a woman going sati after her husband's death. It was practiced very extensively and not following it was considered to be a sin as bad as hacking.
But some people felt that it was wrong although practiced extensively.
My views on this are given in my earlier mail.
So it is the same case with hacking. It is considered to be a sin to be a hacker. But that's not true. Infact it was never considered to be a bad thing untill the big giants and their dear media made it appear to be a sinful thing.
Hacking as breaking into other's systems was bad and is still bad. According to your observation above, what may have changed is the use of a word that defined a good act to now define a bad act. Maybe a new word can be coined to define the good act and clear the matter once and for all, to everyone's satisfaction.