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Everything is high school. A rebel thumbing their nose at the system must be punished, while the conventionally corrupt deserve the benefit of the doubt.

>>wooooo+(OP)
Wow, this comment is the most profound thing I've read in a while on HN. I find myself a) intuitively agreeing and b) trying to pick it apart. Society as a whole seems to have a very complicated love/hate relationship with rebellion and rebels. But with Mitnick it's like he personified Chaos vs law enforcement's Order in an almost mythological, Jungian sense that goes beyond any utilitarian justification.

>>wooooo+(OP)
That's very specific to US society. Authorities treat computer intrusion more seriously than many violent crimes because it can affect companies and the government.

Companies and the government can spy on people all they want (see Snowden) but the reverse is punished severely (see Assange)