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[Lea de Groot]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:46:57 +1000, Robin Stephens wrote:
>> http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/06/23/1959801.htm
> 
> In the article: "US District Attorney Chuck Rosenburg has hailed the
> conviction, saying that whether committed with a gun or a keyboard,
> theft is theft."
> 
> I think anyone who has had a gun pointed at their face would disagree.

Well, lets look at the charges - if you rob someone at gunpoint you 
might be charged with theft, assault with a deadly weapon, assualt with 
intention to kill, etc, etc.
If you rob someone 'at keyboard' (what an interesting turn of a phrase. 
I wonder if this will be a neologism?) you might be charged with theft. 
Perhaps spamming. But a whle raft of charges you would expect after a 
robbery at gunpoint would be missing.
A clear difference, IMHO

Lea
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