OK, let's take it a step further. In your Utopia...a police officer observes someone driving in a manner consistent with a drunk driver, but, because this driver did not break any laws, and in your Utopia, police only catch criminals and not actually try to prevent crime, he does not do anything. Said driver than runs a red light, striking another car and killing the driver. That is OK in your book? The potentially drunk guy has more of a right to not be questioned by the police than the innocent victim does to live?
I bet you are against drunk driver checkpoints too. I wonder how many lives those have saved over the years. Your train of thought seems to only take the criminal's rights into account, what about everyone else's? How can police possibly prevent crime if you would have them not question/investigate anyone who was already not found guilty? There have been more than one occasion where I was pulled over because the officer thought I was driving drunk (but I was tired or distracted or some such) and I have no issue with that. Why? Because I know they were just looking out for the safety of others. On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 2:54 AM, denstar <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > > > You still did not answer the question. I will ask again. > > > > If a police officer sees a driver exhibiting behavior consistent with > those > > who are driving drunk, even if this particular driver is not breaking any > > laws, should the police officer investigate further by pulling the driver > > over? > > > > Its a 'yes' or 'no' question. > > I'm sorry, I thought my comments made it obvious as to which way I swing. > > The answer is an emphatic 'No'. > > This protects not only the citizen, but the officer as well. > > I'm pretty sure I recall you being upset at people getting off due to > technicalities, neh? > > It probably sounds as crazy as letting KKK people have parades, but > there you go-- one of the prices we pay for being such a bad-ass > country. > > I mean, think about your question: Should you be stopped by an > officer of the law if you haven't broken any laws? > > "Show me your papers" used to be, well, associated with lameness. I > know in this Brave New World, that so long as you're not doing > anything wrong, you have nothing to fear. Right? Who cares if The > Man taps your phone? You have something to hide or something? > > I think a lot of people have lost sight of the big picture. It's sad. > > As I've said before, I'd rather be "free" than "safe". > > -- > A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce > nothing useful to the world, seldom fails of entertainment to itself. > George Berkeley > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291762 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
