Re: PDAs are searchable by cops, I expect. Re: Transparency, was re: On January 28th, Criminals No Longer Another Face ...
From: Ross A. Finlayson (raf@tiki-lounge.com)
Date: Mon Feb 05 2001 - 16:19:07 MST
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John Marlow wrote:
> On 5 Feb 2001, at 12:16, Ross Finlayson wrote:
>
> > I think as long as we don't commit any crimes, we don't have so
> much to concern us.
>
> **Would that it were so.
>
> The issue then is "what is crime?".
>
> **Well, guess who decides? Not us. If I walk up to you and say,
> "Gimme a billion dollars or I'll slap your nasty face," that's a
> felony.
>
> John Marlow
I thought it was funny when the guy threw a cream pie at Bill Gates, but
it was a minor crime. Gates could sue the guy and win for hundreds of
thousand of dollars, whereas that guy couldn't sue back by himself.
Gates could probably have the guy dealt with in a more severe manner.
Ross
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