Re: Killer of judge's family used GPS to find her home

From: John Doe (jdoe_at_usenet.is.the.real.thing.com)
Date: 03/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:14:33 GMT

The one-way media, referring to the canned spam Omega posted, tends
to distort things. A more nearly reputable one-way publication
suggested that GPS allows government to track your movements.

"Pieter Litchfield" <pvcl@*nospam*plitch.com> wrote:

>I'll ask the really dumb question here - who needs a GPS to find a
>street address? It may be convenient, but not necessary. A
>phonebook and a map work just as well. I think this story again
>demonstrates the main stream media's "luddite" tendency to view new
>technology, and for some reason especially GPS technology, as the
>work of the devil. The implication of this story is that without
>GPS the murders could not have happened. Where have all the level
>headed editors gone?
>
>
>"Omega" <2121(d)@insightbb.com> wrote in message
>news:f_4_d.75411$Ze3.9710@attbi_s51...
>> I wonder now if GPS units will be banned like they are trying to
>> do for guns?
>>
>> http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-lefkow16.html
>>
>>
>>
>> Lefkow killer used GPS to find her home

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