LSO – “Learn Security Online”?

I stumbled across the LSO or “Learn Security Online site the other day. I happened to be reading the security newswire (sometimes I do this if I feel like I’m too alert early in the day,) and their press release just leapt out at me because it was so different from the other cruft that you see on the wire. Granted, I did think that LSO CEO arguing with Gene Spafford in his own press release was a bit strange, but I just thought “huh” and plowed through:

When asked what he thought of the comment made by Gene Spafford, professor of computer sciences at Purdue University. “Criminal justice programs don’t have students steal cars or commit rape to understand what motivates criminals or how to stop them.” Joe replied,