Comment Re:This makes perfect sense (Score 1) 388
I think you overestimating the knowledge legislators have of the hacker world, as well as the irony of my comment. I'm a firm believer in "curing" criminals instead of punishing them.
I'm sure we can argue back and forth on the "good" or "bad" intrinsic nature of the human beings. From an evolutionist point of view "good" behavior (not in a moral way but in a rational way) within a group being the norm, and bad behavior being the anomaly, makes more sense than the opposite.
P.S.: Comment not applicable to large entities such as states. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment for more information on this exception.