Xref: utzoo comp.admin.policy:531 comp.unix.admin:2294 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!lobster!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: E-mail Privacy Message-ID: <+J1CPAC@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 20 Jun 91 19:23:24 GMT References: <3651@happym.WA.COM> <8114@ecs.soton.ac.uk> <1991Jun14.153835.8709@cc.curtin.edu.au> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 19 In article braun@dri.com (Kral) writes: > In article <1991Jun14.153835.8709@cc.curtin.edu.au> chooper@cc.curtin.edu.au (Todd Hooper) writes: > >Personally, I totally ignore the 'subject' header of bounced mail. In this > >case, I would have ignored it as well. It is the job of academic staff to > >uncover plagiarism - not mine. > How is this different from: > "It is the job of the police to deal with robberies, not mine (so > I won't report this obvious burglary I'm seeing to the police)" > "It is the job of the police to deal with rape crimes (etc)". You find evidence of *that* sort of stuff, that's one thing. But plagiarism by a student hurts no-one but the student who misbehaves. Do you report someone to the police for driving without a seatbelt on? -- Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180; Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012; `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"