Re: crime and snitches

[pjm@gasco.com (Patrick J. May)]

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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