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Arpig -> RE: 'Splain this one to me Lucys!!! (6/3/2009 10:51:17 AM)
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We trace things like stock numbers and bar codes to the original source and can ID who bought them. If the tapes are hand delivered.. what's keepng us from following the messenger? .... or maybe Obama has found a use for Bush's boogyman....
First of all you assume that there are stock numbers or bar codes on the casettes, remember that it is rather easy, especially in Asia, to acquire bootleg versions of almost anything, products with no identifying numbers whatsoever, or with counterfeit numbers copied from the original items.
Second, even if the tapes are legit, with legit numbers, etc. how on earth are you going to trace who bought them when they were bought for cash at some stall in a bazaar, or even in a Wal-Mart. I don't know how things work in the US, but up here, I have never been asked for ID to purchase something like tapes or CDs when I was paying cash, so there would simply be no way to trace the items to me, the best that could be done would be to figure out at what time they were bought, but even that would be un;likely if they were purchased from a street vendor, or flea market or garage sale.
Third, you are assuming that a radio or TV station has the wherewithal to follow anybody who delivers something to them. The manpower required to do this is beyond the capabilities of the US army. let alone those of a radio or TV station.
Suffice to say, these items are effectively untraceable, and I for one would not want to live under the sort of regime that would need to be in place to make them traceable.
edited to fix a forgotten quote box
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