On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:29:05 PST, Leo Bicknell said: > But let's take a specific (famous) example. Kevin Mitnick. From > his wikipedia page: > > "During his supervised release, which ended on January 21, 2003, he was > initially forbidden to use any communications technology other than a > landline telephone." > > If Internet access (to use your term) had been a human right than > his human rights were violated by the government when they banned > him from using any communications technology. Do we really want to > suggest that banning him from using the computer is the same level of > violation as enslaving him, torturing him, or even killing him?
Convicted felons surrender a number of rights: freedom (jail terms), the right to vote, etc. And nobody seems to consider that concept a "violation" (though it *is* of course up for debate exactly what rights it's OK to remove from a felon, and for how long).
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