Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!lll-winken!telecom-request From: ken@dali.cc.gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 50k Counts of Wire Fraud Message-ID: Date: 13 May 91 16:20:40 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Reply-To: Ken Seefried iii Organization: The House Of Fun Lines: 32 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 357, Message 4 of 10 In article nstar!bluemoon!sbrack@iuvax. cs.indiana.edu (Steven S. Brack) writes: > If, in this day and age, you are ignorant enough to dial any numbner > that comes over your pager, without either recognizing the number, or > getting rate information from the operator, then any charges you incur > are solely your own fault. Ma Bell is not looking out for us anymore. Okay ... I've had enough. "Gee ... that girl should have *know* better, in this day and age, than to walk in the parking lot at night. Just her fault she got raped." "Gee ... that old lady should have *know* better, in this day and age, than to trust that building contractor. Just her fault she got bilked out of her money." Hey, after all, no one is looking out for us. It's not the criminal's fault that he's taking advantage of our lack of vigilence. That's his job, right? I got a buddy who's a plumber. Gets 30-40 calls a day on his beeper, from all kinds of numbers (he's got a service that forwards the numbers of people who have emergencies). If this guy get's ripped off in the manner we are discussing, is it *really* his fault? Quit balming the *victim*, dammit! ken seefried iii ken@dali.cc.gatech.edu