Eddie Schwartz, a WGN-Radio talk show host. Here Schwartz is addressing "Anna," a self-identified hacker that has phoned into the show: You know what Anna, you know what disturbs me? You don't sound like a stupid person but you represent a . . . a . . . a . . . lack of morality that disturbs me greatly. You really do. I think you represent a certain way of thinking that is morally bankrupt. And I'm not trying to offend you, but I . . .I'm offended by you! (WGN Radio, 1988) Another example is from NBC-TV's "Hour Magazine" featured a segment on "computer crime." In this example, Jay Bloombecker, director of the National Center for Computer Crime Data, discusses the "hacker problem" with the host of the show, Gary Collins. Collins: . . . are they (hackers) malicious in intent, or are they simply out to prove, ah, a certain machismo amongst their peers? Bloombecker: I think so. I've talked about "modem macho" as one explanation for what's being done. And a lot of the cases seem to involve proving that he . . . can do something really spiffy with c
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