Hack charge teen Cleary ‘is autistic’
Short form: British hacker hacked the Serious Organised Crime Agency, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and the British Phonographic Industry, and was apparently working on a “botnet,” malware which would take over a bunch of cumputers and use them to wreak further havoc. He was also apparently in LulzSec. Since his arrest, he’s been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome.
Now, look. Asperger’s Syndrome appears to be a Real Thing. And while it can make a mess of a person – it can certainly ruin ones chances of a decent social life – one thing it does *not* seem to do is mess with ones sense of right and wrong. It just… makes you kind of an asshole. And being an asshole is *not* justification for criminal activity, not an extenuating circumstance.
2 Responses to “*Again* with the Aspergers Excuse”
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Had to read that twice, for a second there I thought it was:
“…hacked the Serious Organised Crime Agency, the International Federation of the Pornographic Industry and the British Pornographic Industry.” and was picturing LulzSec distributing all these free photos of big -knockered page three girls on the net. 😀
I have Aspergers and while it will do some things to a person, even “looking from the inside”, I can’t see it doing that one.
Well, damn, why didn’t Ms. Anthony use Aspergers, ‘splains evertain, don’ it!
Yeah, right, FAIL.