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From: magore@watdcsu.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Balance of social responsibilities [ was Re: Hacker Scholarship ]
Message-ID: <3554@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Jun-87 13:00:58 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 29 13:00:58 1987
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Reply-To: magore@watdcsu.UUCP (Mike Gore, Institute Computer Research - ICR)
Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario
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One last point..

In article <3552@watdcsu.UUCP> I wrote:
[might...]
>	So, if we _fail_ to have certain institutions take measures
>to protect their clients from criminal activities we in a very real way
>end up _protecting_ the criminal - as we _know_ we can not expect the present
>day law enforcement system to hold our hands _around_the_clock_ but we
>_can_ make the job of the legal system _much_ easier to do by bearing
>_some_ kind of resonsibility in protecting social interests on our own....

	Least there be any misunderstanding I was addressing _defensive_
measures that the public can take _not_ measures that would be taking the
law into their own hands [ offensive measures , so to speak ]

Best Regards,

# Mike Gore 
# Institute for Computer Research. ( watmath!mgvax!root - at home )
# These ideas/concepts do not imply views held by the University of Waterloo.