intended solely for use by the individual to whom it is addressed

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In the relative spacial/temporal region of Tue, May 12, 2009 at 01:16:00PM
-0700, david cerezo achieved the spontaneous generation of the following:
> I visualize this as a reminding warning you may put in your wallet
> and then you go in a taxi cab and your wallet slips out of your
> pocket.  When you leave and the taxi driver finds your wallet in the
> seat, he/she can use the cash and maybe some of the pictures of your
> grandsons, but if he/she uses your credit cards or your identity, even if
> he/she founds them in his/her car’s seat, he/she is accountable of a
> wrong doing. 

I think you're losing sight of the bigger picture.

No offense, but I figure that if some idiot is stupid and -willing- enough
to commit fraud using stolen goods (or just flat-out do something that's
KNOWN to be illegal by any reasonable stretch of common sense), putting an
extra note on something reminding them that they shouldn't do that...is
more than likely bloody useless.

As the old saw goes, a lock only keeps an honest man out.  A note of this
type is even more worthless, as it almost certainly will only dissuade
someone that would -already- would abide by the law.  At least a lock is a
physical challenge to overcome.

Let me bottom line it:  Which do you think is a more compelling deterrant;
hard jail time, or a polite note reminding someone that they shouldn't do
that?

Maybe if we leave out milk and cookies for them, they won't do it...

Right.

And your analogy falls down in that 99%+ of the time, a misplaced
purse/wallet will be an accident.  However, 99%+ of the email generated
with boilerplate attached is sent to the correct party, intentionally.  The
email equivalent that most closely matches your analogy is walking up to
the taxi driver, knocking on the window, getting him to roll it down, and
SHOVING your wallet into his hands, then walking away.  If you're that
careless, there's little sympathy to be had, in my opinion.

Come to think of it, it's just another symptom of our "I'm a Victim"
society; people mis-address the odd email, and instead of taking
responsibility for their own mistakes, they try to villify, threaten, and
persecute the recipient and thus shove the blame and onus onto them.  Which
is a lot of rubbish, if you ask me.

It's called due diligence.  Exercise it, face the consequences of your
actions/inactions, or lose the privileges.  But it's nobody's problem but
the sender's, no matter what they wish to think.

What really kills me is when you get one-line replies with 3 paragraphs of
boilerplate.  *shakes head sadly*

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