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Woman's House Robbed After Fake Craigslist Post
flanksteak writes "The Seattle Times is reporting that a woman in nearby Tacoma had her rental property stripped of almost everything after someone posted a fake Craigslist announcement that everything in the house could be hauled away no questions asked. When contacted, Craigslist said they would release data about the poster if they were issued a subpoena."
Just because there was an ad on craigs list, doesn't absolve people from breaking and entering, stealing property, etc. This doesn't lie entirely on the shoulders of the instigator. You could do the same thing just as easily by putting up a sign, or standing outside of a random (empty) house and telling people to take everything.
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Common decency? Hmmm... Oh yeah, I remember that. We pawned it off for a Big Mac, a sports car, and a cameo appearance on American Idol.
It didn't bring us the happiness we wanted, but hey, we were on FOX being humiliated by Simon Cowell! How cool is that?
Blatent criminal activiy is a good reason to release the information. Craigslist needs to do the right thing and expose the perpitrator.
Athiesm is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby.
When you post someone else's information, I think your right to privacy becomes pretty much void. Craiglist should just turn the guy's info over to the cops. He's already shown a disrespect for privacy.