Klarinet Archive - Posting 001160.txt from 2002/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] constitution (was Music vs. drug testing)
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 22:53:33 -0400

At 06:08 PM 6/30/2002 -0400, Jeremy A Schiffer wrote:
> > I hardly think Bill is going that far. This is a degree thing we're
> arguing.
> > I don't think Bill wants to give up any of his rights, and certainly
> doesn't
> > support a national identity check on every corner.
>
>no, bill was not directly going that far, but it's not just an issue of
>degree. if you subscribe to the logic of "if you don't have anything to
>hide, you should always agree to being searched" which is clearly bill's
>argument, then you can't argue against any type of identity checks without
>fundamentally contradicting yourself.

I sincerely doubt that police departments make a routine practice of
searching people on the street for no reason. If nothing else, they simply
do not have the time. On those rare occasions when they may mistakenly
stop an innocent person, the process can be expedited considerably by
cooperation, and turned into a long and arduous process by making a
"federal case" out of it. When they find nothing, sue them for harassment
or false arrest later.

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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