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Thursday, April 28, 2005
Put the Blame Where it BelongsThe Associated Press has a story about an increase in thefts on New York subways (H/T to Gideon's Bible):
Now then, an increase in crime of course bothers me... but that's not what I want to point out. The headline of the article is "iPod blamed for spike in subway crime". An iPod is an electronic device. It has no hands, and no feet. It can only think about playing music for it's owner. It doesn't know how to steal. It's physically incapable of crime. So how can it be to blame? The criminals who are stealing these devices from their rightful owners are to blame here, and the headline should reflect that. How about something like "iPod thefts increasing on subways" or "Criminals targeting iPod owners". Don't try to focus blame where it doesn't belong.
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