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Re: Auto alarms

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From: Robert Banz
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 21:53
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In article <2upt10$3qi@mojo.eng.umd.edu>,
Michael J. Finn <mfinn@eng.umd.edu> wrote:
>In article <KHERA.94Jun28114036@norval.clark.net> khera@norval.clark.net (Vivek Khera) writes:
>
>Anyone would be foolish to view the Club as a theft-proofing. Even the 
>manufacturer admits this. What it should be viewed as is a deterrent, 
>like if car a and car b are equally desirable to Mr. Re-allocator, the 
>one that doesn't have the club will likely get ripped, assuming neither 
>has an alarm or other obvious device. How often this actually proves 
>useful is another matter, but for the minimal investment and the 
>deductible coverage to $2000, it's at least something to consider.

So, the theory should go: [ this is _SUPPOSED_ to be funny...]

	The club in your car is only useful if the car next to yours
is clubless.  Therefore, the theif will take the other guys car.

which would follow:
	Those who use clubs are bad, since they just make it
worse on everyone else...

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Robert Banz (banz@umbc.edu)
UMBC Academic Computing Svcs. (probably not their opinions...)
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