You can personally feel that Apple was foolish in how they let the phone be stolen, but that has absolutely no legal bearing on its theft.
There are still people who are foolish enough to leave their car running and unlocked when they go into a convenience store, but if the car gets stolen, the thief can't plead this as an extenuating circumstance if he or she gets caught. On Apr 28, 2010, at 7:38 PM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: > From: mike <xha...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: illegal search warrant? > > If I was a judge in this case my first query would be if this item is worth > so much, money, market share..etc...why did you send some kid into a bar to > leave it while he went out and took a leak in the alley? This super secret > phone from Apple wasn't taken from Apple headquarters by a team of IMF > agents, so I'd not let them prosecute like it was. > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:25 PM, phartz...@gmail.com > <phartz...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> Why do you suggest that I am daring to oppose Apple? Is that >> something that I should be fearful of engaging in? I am not opposing >> them. However, it is my position that they brought this upon >> themselves either through intent or through foolishness. In either >> case, they should shoulder the blame themselves in this instance >> instead of lashing out at others by causing the power of legal >> authorities to wreak retribution upon the silly individuals who were >> reveling in the thought that they had, if for only a little while, >> bested the mighty goliath. >> >> Steve > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
