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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!ogicse!zephyr.ens.tek.com!shaman!frip!andrew
  2. From: andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner)
  3. Newsgroups: pnw.general
  4. Subject: Re: Washington State Patrol's `cellular listening center'
  5. Message-ID: <1695@shaman.wv.tek.com>
  6. Date: 1 Sep 92 23:43:12 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: shaman.1695
  8. References: <MS-C.715375780.662824084.mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> <1992Sep1.222035.28765@mdd.comm.mot.com>
  9. Sender: nobody@shaman.wv.tek.com
  10. Reply-To: andrew@frip.wv.tek.com
  11. Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville, Oregon
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  15.  
  16.     "... perhaps existing enforcement of drunk driving laws is
  17.     considered effective relative to cost and that an informed,
  18.     rational decision weighing social benefits against financial
  19.     and social cost of recruiting everyone with a cellular phone
  20.     into vigilante law enforcement effort was made."
  21.  
  22. Nonsense.  Is it "vigilante law enforcement" to form a neighborhood
  23. watch group and call when you see a prowler?
  24.  
  25. When drivers begin to arm themselves and to take unilateral action
  26. against other drivers, then the term "vigilante" will be appropriate.
  27. Harlan Ellison wrote a dead-on science fiction story around this theme.
  28.  
  29.   -=- Andrew Klossner  (andrew@frip.wv.tek.com)
  30.                        (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew)
  31.