E-mail Privacy

[Peter da Silva]

In article <DXG4ZT at dri.com> braun at dri.com (Kral) writes:
> In article <1991Jun14.153835.8709 at cc.curtin.edu.au> chooper at cc.curtin.edu.au (Todd Hooper) writes:
> >Personally, I totally ignore the 'subject' header of bounced mail. In this
> >case, I would have ignored it as well. It is the job of academic staff to
> >uncover plagiarism - not mine.

> How is this different from:

> 	"It is the job of the police to deal with robberies, not mine (so
> 	I won't report this obvious burglary I'm seeing to the police)"

> 	"It is the job of the police to deal with rape crimes (etc)".

You find evidence of *that* sort of stuff, that's one thing. But plagiarism
by a student hurts no-one but the student who misbehaves. Do you report
someone to the police for driving without a seatbelt on?
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