Wire taps are a far stretch from a traffic stop. Yea, that makes sense, the police are the problem, not the criminals. The criminal has the right to not be bothered by the police, but the people he could injure or kill..meh..their rights do not seem to matter as much.
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:291763 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
