A better analogy would be "I saw an unlocked vehicle today and I think its important that all vehicles remain locked. Since they didn't come running out when I told them to lock the car, I opened the car and left a note on the dashboard stating I'd been in the car."
I disagree. I think the better analogy woudl be: "I saw an unlocked vehicle today and I think its important that all vehicles remain locked. Since they didn't come running out when I told them to lock the car, I [opened] the car and left a note on the dashboard stating I'd been in the car."
"And then I went into the bad part of town and distributed fliers all around about how the car at the corner of Main and Screwed had been left unlocked for a while and how it had a great stereo and iPod in it."
Still a bit off. "[going] into the bad part of town" would imply he went on some devious message board and there released the information with a flashy heading.
An unlocked car only leaves the owner vulnerable to break-ins. This is more like noticing that Honda Civics can't be properly locked, and leaving a note on the dashboard of each and every one, so that Honda will experience pressure to fix the problem.
