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Subject: Re: Camera theft prevention Posted on: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:27:58 +0200

Make credence recognised that on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:37:59 +0200, B
Vaughan has scripted:

>On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:47:21 +0200, Deeply Filled Mortician
> wrote:
>
>>Make credence recognised that on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:02:06 +0200, B
>>Vaughan has scripted:
>>
>>>On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:33:41 +0200, Deeply Filled Mortician
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Frankly, I think the thing about having the material cut to get access
>>>>is nothing more than an urban myth. I've never known of anyone
>>>>(directly or indirectly) that it's happened to. Think about how hard
>>>>it would actually be to slice open and remove something.
>>>
>>>I was once mugged in the US. Two young men ran past me on opposite
>>>sides. The one on the left grabbed my purse. The one on the right
>>>sliced the pocket off my coat. He was so fast that I didn't notice
>>>until hours later that the pocket was missing. There was nothing in
>>>the pocket, but if there had been, he would have got it.
>>
>>He actually did it with a knife?
>
>I really don't know, as I was totally unaware of what he was doing. I
>supposed that he had used a razor blade. However, it was cleanly
>sliced away, leaving only thread ends hanging, and the cloth
>underneath the pocket was not damaged at all.

In that case he may have just ripped it off, or maybe it got caught on
something. It would take some serious skill to do that with a blade.

Of course I'm only guessing based on your description, but I don't
think they would try something as tricky as that. It was your bag that
they were after.
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