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From: asbed@USC-OBERON.ARPA (Asbed bedrossian)
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Subject: Re: Officers, but far from gentlemen...
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Date: Mon, 25-Aug-86 16:17:01 EDT
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>The moral?  If you're alone, act like a mouse with cops, no matter how much
>it galls.  Remember, they've got guns.
>
>"The best deterrent to crime?  Witnesses."
>-- 
>Larry Campbell                             The Boston Software Works, Inc.

Larry, you're right. But come on, how often is it that one has a
"witness" commuting back and forth to work? If things are going to
boil down to my word against his, and addmittedly, his word has more
weight than mine, then why ever plead "not guilty?" It seems like the
judgement has effectively been passed against you at the moment of
citing.

Who's to stop cops from prying on single drivers then, just to
avoid themselves hassles in court?

As for the moral you suggest, it may be fine, but in the face of
prejudice, acting like a mouse will either be ignored or be taken
for rash helplessness. As one person wrote to me (most correspondence
on this topic has been by personal replies so far, and oddly, my
messages to net.auto and ca.general has not (yet) surfaced) I plan to
carry a tape recorder in my left door's pocket.

Asbed Bedrossian
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