On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Harmon Seaver wrote:
> So we were standing there at a bit of an impass, me saying "no, you cannot > search me." Then he says, "Well, for my own safety, I have a right to search you > for a weapon." I really, really, wish it had been some other time, so I could > have forced the issue and made him call for reinforcements, because it would > have been obvious to all and sundry that what this was really all about was the > big 3 foot tall lighted 24/7 peace sign on the roof of my house and the bumper > stickers on my truck and perhaps my hair, but -- ah well, maybe I'm getting old > -- so I let him do it. And, of course, instead of just patting me down, he went > thru all my pockets. Then he went over to the truck with my keys, and I thought > he was going to search that too, but then he must have realized he was stepping > into some real shit, FYI: Under the SCOTUS ruling of a few weeks ago, that guy *can* search your parked car, "for his own safety", of course :-( > So what am I ranting about? I'm not sure -- mostly, I guess, about how far > things have gone. That some young skinhead pig thinks he can do something like > this and get away with it. No, he doesn't "think he can do something like this and get away with it", he *KNOWS* he can do this and get away with it. > You know, there really are a lot of useless eaters, far too many oxygen > thieves, in this country. But it's not the welfare mothers and poor that Tim > always ranted about -- it's the pigs and those morons with the flags on their > cars and imprinted on their brains. Amen Lord! Pass the Zyklon! -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] "...justice is a duty towards those whom you love and those whom you do not. And people's rights will not be harmed if the opponent speaks out about them." Osama Bin Laden