In article , "John Gilmer" wrote:


A properly installed box *is* safer, because the cables are clamped to the
box. This means that any pulling, tugging, impact, etc. on the cables
cannot
possibly dislodge the splice -- definitely not true when there is no box.

Huh?

Sorry, sport, but those plastic boxes routinely used in new home
construction are hardly proof again "any pulling" or "tugging."
Apparently even those staples aren't always necessary: those plactic
"stacks" (or whtever holds several romex cables) are considered "gud enuf."

Note the phrase "properly installed" in my post...