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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy
Subject: Re: Possibly nefarious users
Message-ID: <1991Jun14.160002.295@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 14 Jun 91 16:00:02 GMT
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In article <1991Jun14.005425.25048@cs.umn.edu> thornley@cs.umn.edu (David H. Thornley) writes:
>In article <1991Jun7.184025.25010@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
>>Oh, and if you made a habit of leaving your car unlocked with the keys in the
>>ignition, and people came by and took it for a spin now and then, I suspect
>>the cops would just laugh at you for being such an idiot if you tried to 
>>prosecute them.
>
>Actually, they probably would laugh at you for an idiot, but they'd also
>be of some assistance.  They would accept the report and let you know if
>your car turned up.  Your insurance company will be equally sympathetic
>and a lot less helpful.

The analogy was with joyriding, with the car always returned, not with theft.
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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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