On (25 May 05) LEE LOFASO wrote to GEORGE POPE...
 LL> GP>Let's say I'm a drug addict, and I rob a house, stealing some
 LL> jewellery,
 LL> GP>etc. -- how do I translate those into drugs, if I can't sell them,
 LL> and
 LL> GP>neither can my fence or dealer?
 LL>
 LL> Steal the hand.  ;)

I suspect this has been thought of already, as a likely escalation by
the criminal element, and that the chip scanners would have a way of
ascertaining the vitality of the hand presented (this might be why the
forehead'll be used -- a lot harder to walk into your local bank with a
severed head!)

Because I care,
<+]::-{)}  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


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