***Disclaimer I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV****
First I agree with the author's perspective, people should be held
accountable for their actions, or inaction. My understanding of the article
was if you had the club on the car then you upheld the "reasonable
expectation" of personal protection and therefore would not be "Held
liable"(read negligent) in this case should a crime be committed. A better
analogy would be to say if you left the keys in the ignition and the door
unlocked and someone then used your vehicle to commit a "Hit and Run" that
there is a far greater likelihood your actions would be found negligent and
you could be held accountable. In other words if you provided easy access
to the "Weapon" for a third party, then you are as much as fault as the
person who committed the crime. Hence the potential to be charged as an
"accomplice" to a murder. Same applies to computers, if you enable "File and
Print sharing" and do not take measures to protect yourself, IE a Virus
scanner and/or (IMO both should be required) personal firewall then
essentially you have left the keys in the ignition and the doors unlocked.
Anyone for a joyride?
Ken Claussen MCSE CCNA CCA
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this is silly position but understandable considering we live in
most litigitous country in the world.
this is analogous to saying if you don't have "The Club" on your
car you are liable if someone steals it and commits a crime.
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