I know how to write bots.
I know how to do ARP poisoning.
I know how write Perl port-scanning apps.
I know how to crash remote servers.
I know how to own remote boxes.
I choose not to discuss such things here.

Most of what you said, I agree with. I won't talk about ARP poisoning. But what if it involves perl? What if it's about patterns that make perl and our lives more secure. If winnuke, from days of ol', wasn't talked about so much, smurf and the likes.. security and information about it would be a privaledge to have. It would be an advantage of a chosen set.

I would rather people learn how to hack apart operating systems and languages. I rather do things smarter, than in more ignorant ways.

If you think about it, w/o the unfiltered internet and the easy accessible-ness of information and data, we may not have been better off. So why is one topic so taboo? No system is totally secure, but w/ the information, we can make it damned well harder to break in.