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Tim Brown wrote:
> MARYLAND: THE MODEL FASCIST STATE!
> 
> As illogical and invasive as Utah is, its public policies have never been
> as tyrannical as Maryland has become just this spring.
>         In April alone, the state of Maryland--which was also the first to
> require involuntary servitude from high school students and to propose a
> tax to punish Internet users--passed laws to:
> 
>         * Put hidden cameras at traffic lights to take secret photographs
> of license plates of vehicles that run afoul of red lights.

How horrible! Imagine actually trying to catch people who break
laws...Or is it like a tree falling in the forrest when noone is there
to hear it ?

>         * Ban loud car radios on highways, even in rural areas.

I think you're wrong there. If I remember correctly, they passed
ordinances limiting the DB levels of music on city streets, not on
highways.

>         * Prohibit "minors" from purchasing butane lighters--supposedly so
> they don't inhale the gas.

What's wrong with that? It's no more silly then then the kids claiming
they're buying the lighters to light their barbeque grills.

Face it - The human species develops (mentally and physically) at an
extremely slow rate. I see nothing wrong with having specific laws which
limit certain rights of minors.

Tim, how do you feel about minors receiving  ADULT SENTENCES for crimes
? After all, if minors  are to be treated equally, then they should be
sent to adult punitive institutions to be punished just as adults are.
Their criminal records should not be erased when they are 18 years old
either. 

Additionally, if minors are to be accorded equal rights with non-minors,
then they should be expected to get jobs and pay taxes too.

You can't have it both ways. 

-Jaz