Klarinet Archive - Posting 001102.txt from 2002/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music vs. drug testing
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 22:58:27 -0400

At 08:50 PM 6/29/2002 -0500, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>( I wrote) > Cases are thrown out for flimsier reasons than that all the
>time. The
> > right to "privacy" is not contained anywhere in the US Constitution. It
> > seems to be of the greatest interest to those with something to hide.
>This
> > is not to say that there are never abuses by the police, but it seems
>that,
> > anymore, the definition of a "fair trial" is one that results in a verdict
> > of "not guilty."
>
>So, those of us that agree with it, are you implying we're criminals with
>something to hide? Just because I, and the others, and Lindsy Evans (the
>girl the case was about) just don't want our privacy violated, we're hiding
>crimes? Perhaps it's not that we want to hide something, but that we want to
>keep something no one should be able to take away.

No accusation, but if the shoe fits... ;-) While I was in the military I
was subject to random drug testing. It was a pain in the rear, but as I
was very much interested in seeing the drug users eliminated, I saw it
overall to be for the good of the organization. School children and
parents should see it that way, too.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
451 Old Orchard Drive
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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