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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: HELP!
Message-ID: <1991Jan19.075940.26652@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1991Jan19.052458.7449@wam.umd.edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 1991 07:59:40 GMT

In article <1991Jan19.052458.7449@wam.umd.edu> bander@wam.umd.edu (Nicholas Andrew Vargish) writes:
>My Project is: wire my bedroom window^s screen for 110 volts.  I could
>rig a detector and flash camera for less, but at this point, money is
>no object, and time is critical...

I would really recommend the detector and flash camera instead.  Having
your window pissed on is a damn nuisance, to be sure, but being sued or
charged with assault is a much more serious nuisance.  Laying physically
dangerous traps for trespassers -- which is more or less what you're
proposing, with the nature of the trespass being a little unusual -- is
highly illegal, regardless of provocation.  Use of deadly or potentially
deadly force in self-defence is legal only when you have immediate reason
to fear death or maiming.  We're talking years in prison here.

To say nothing of the possibility of more direct and violent retaliation,
given the probable reactions of the sort of pinhead who pisses on windows.

Small, professional-looking, clearly-visible "Danger: High Voltage" signs
might keep your window clean without the grave problems of actually wiring
up a voltage source.
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