Imagine it. You've just bought a brand new BMW. You have had it a week. It only has 200 miles on it. You are coming to church on Sunday morning and you stop by the bank to get a little bit of cash from the automatic teller. While you are there, two men walk up and tell you that their leader has told them to borrow your car because their master is going to ride in it down Poplar Avenue to the center of the city to demonstrate who he is. They tell you that they will have the car back to you in about three hours. But they have to have it immediately!

How would you react? Would you freeze in panic? Would you quickly make it for the car and try to get away from them? Would you ask them some questions or demand some credentials and a guarantee that the car would not be damaged? Would you inquir…