> Duty of care is a legal term. Yes, and a legal term Wikipedia editors would be wise to learn the meaning off.
OK, you're shown a badge. How would you know from the genuine if there is no image of the genuine on the FBI webpages. And how could they have a genuine image without themselves releasing the image? Actually if the FBI approached me I would know them by their manner, which is quite distinctive, although not impossible to mimic. Fred > > I think more to the point an expectation of commonsense applies to those > having a random badge waved at them, to verify it and not merely take it > on > trust. > > FT2 > > > > On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Fred Bauder <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Well, you know, I think there is a duty of care involved. If a genuine >> badge can be purchased along with a genuine identification card and >> uniform there is an obvious danger to the public. Even to the agency >> itself. >> >> Fred >> >> >> > If I were the FBI or secret service (or a member of the public) I >> > wouldn't >> > rely on a "badge". Waving round a badge, no matter the design, proves >> > nothing - any more than waving round a badge would prove the person >> or >> > people who ring the bell, have a nice uniform, and want to enter your >> > home, >> > are genuine police officers. >> > >> > FT2 >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Fred Bauder <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> If I were the FBI or the Secret Service I would keep track and >> change >> >> such images when they become publicly known regardless of expense. >> >> There >> >> is absolutely no excuse for disclosing accurate information which >> would >> >> permit an Al Qaeda operative having an FBI or Secret Service badge >> or >> >> identification of the correct design. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikiEN-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
