wow do you ever get tired of a black and white view of things like that? I walk around without my driver's license all the time. Today for instance I took the bus, as unAmerican as that may be. I can assure you that all I'm doing right now is trying to pass the CCNA and set up a couple of websites.
I've been called a liberal before and while I don't really agree with the appelation I'm probably the sort of pro-civil rights person you have in mind. And I *like* cops, actually. Mostly they do a pretty nice job at a difficult job and I have known a few. I used to drive a cab on the midnight shift in the Maryland suburbs and between about two and five it's pretty much just the cab drivers and the cops, who think a like in a lot of ways. Even now, I am on speaking terms with a bunch of my local cops, who come by my local wi-fi hotsopt about midnight. However. In this instance the crossed the line. UCLA can say that if you want to use our assets you must be a student and be prepared to show ID. They are totally entitled to do that and depending on where the campus is it may even behoove them to do that, though UNM manages to run open-access computer labs with a minimum of problems. Nonetheless not having ID is not against the law and does not make this guy a threat to the officers. Even if he was a liberal and a jerk and was showing off, you can't assault him under cover of authority. If that displeases you perhaps you should vote with your feet and head for someplace more congenial, like Tal Afar. On 11/28/06, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nothing you can say can convince me that this schmuck is a 'victim'. It > belittles the term when we throw it around so freely. He was being > belligerent, and probably trying to show off for some of his liberal friends > and fighting the 'system'. > > I think its safe to assume that someone who is in place they should not be, > and refusing to show ID, is probably doing something they should not be > doing. > > Once again, don't criticize until or unless you have walked a mile in their > shoes. In today's society, being a police officer is probably one of the > most difficult jobs in this country. Between the liberals, who seem to want > no police force, and the conservatives, who seem to want martial law, it > must be extremely difficult to make a decision knowing you will get > criticized by one side or the other. > > -- > Scott Stroz > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221367 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
