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+from django.contrib.auth import logout
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
+
+import activity.user
+
+# hard question : where should we redirect requests to logout if user is not logged in ?
+def logout_user (request):
+ # check that we're indeed logged in
+ if not request.user.is_authenticated():
+ return HttpResponseRedirect ('/')
+ print "LOGGING OUT"
+
+ # log user activity
+ activity.user.logout(request)
+
+ logout(request)
+ return HttpResponseRedirect ('/')
+
+