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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Discouragement from Locksmiths
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.202511.17884@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <8f32i9W00WBMQ8Y50s@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:25:11 GMT
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- jbbe+@andrew.cmu.edu (James Arthur Burtoft) writes:
- : Inspired by this, I went to the local library, and looked through a
- : book on locksmithing. After figuring out how this picking thing works,
- : I went to the local locksmith's shop, and asked him if he had any
- : half-diamond picks and torsion wrenches (a good start). He asked me
- : why, and I told him-I work in the lumber store. Then he asked me how I
- : knew that I wanted a half-diamond pick, and I told him. He then told me
- : that he couldn't sell them to me unless I was a bonded locksmith, and
- : then proceeded to tell me how horrible it was that teenage punks could
- : go into a library and get a book out on locksmithing (I assume he meant
- : the likes of me:), and what a horrible society this would lead to if
- : allowed to continue, and how he was going to ask the library to please
- : remove them.
-
- : That's pretty close to "butt out".
-
- Not only that, but it is narrow-minded censorship. I hope he was not
- successful - it would set a dangerous precedent.
-
- He has every right to refuse to sell the picks, because he does not
- believe you should have them. However, lying to you about the reason
- for not selling them is wrong.
-
- Bill
-