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  1. Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!rudis
  3. From: rudis+@cs.cmu.edu (Rujith S DeSilva)
  4. Subject: Re: What's a good one??? was Re: CLUB Story
  5. Message-ID: <Bu8o2o.B8r.1@cs.cmu.edu>
  6. Sender: news@cs.cmu.edu (Usenet News System)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: probacto.soar.cs.cmu.edu
  8. Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
  9. References: <1992Sep3.204936.3943@mcnc.org> <Bu274D.2uy.1@cs.cmu.edu> <60094@mimsy.umd.edu>
  10. Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 02:54:22 GMT
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  12.  
  13. In article <60094@mimsy.umd.edu> jsw@umiacs.umd.edu (Jeff Webber) writes:
  14. >In article <Bu274D.2uy.1@cs.cmu.edu> rudis+@cs.cmu.edu (Rujith S DeSilva)
  15. >(that's me!) writes: 
  16. >>Okay, so you can't reduce the risk of your car being stolen to zero.  Perhaps
  17. >>it's time to take a different tack.  How about increasing the risk taken by
  18. >>the prospective thief in attempting to steal your car?
  19. >
  20. >You can go to jail for harming someone that is trying to steal your car
  21. >or your car stereo.   If the person dies you would probably be charged
  22. >with manslaughter or even murder.
  23.  
  24. I originally suggested hooking up the alarm system to release tear gas.  A
  25. friend suggested that it should instead release a tranquilizer.  This can't be
  26. considered to harm anyone, can it?
  27.  
  28. >There are just way too many lawyers in this country.
  29.  
  30. I agree.  Completely.
  31.  
  32. Rujith de Silva.
  33. Carnegie Mellon.
  34.