From: pjm@gasco.com (Patrick J. May)
To: Berzerk <berzerk@xmission.xmission.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-07-26 02:42:12 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 25 Jul 94 19:42:12 PDT
From: pjm@gasco.com (Patrick J. May)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 94 19:42:12 PDT
To: Berzerk <berzerk@xmission.xmission.com>
Subject: Re: crime and snitches
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Berzerk writes:
> On Thu, 21 Jul 1994, Robert Hettinga wrote:
> > I would like to propose, probably not the first time on this list, an
> > acceptable, time-honored method of determining the contents of a secure
> > conversation. Snitches.
> ABSOLUTELY! The fact is if you can't get someone to snitch, IT IS NOT A
> CRIME(moraly)! I dare anyone to come up with a counterexample.
>
> Berzerk.
I've heard of incidents where a group of people dressed in white
sheets hung other people with dark skin. Not one of those
white-sheeted people snitched, in many cases.
If you were limiting your assertion to crime over the net, I
suggest that the long, interesting history of confidence men is a
refutation. Done correctly, in many cases the victim doesn't even
know he has been conned.
Regards,
Patrick May
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