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>* Put hidden cameras at traffic lights to take secret photographs
>of license plates of vehicles that run afoul of red lights.

Good thing, too.   Also they should put cameras to catch those who speed
as well.  How much more safer will the roads be when the incidences of
speeding and running red lights are reduced....



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

In rural areas they should be limited as far as sound goes.  In the smae
way your neighbour's party can be quietened down, so should someone's
car stereo.   

Just explain the cause and effects of "Noise-Induced Deafness" on the
tiny hairs of the cochlea in the inner ear of these drivers...


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

Bloody good job!  They shouldn't be smoking so they shouldn't need
butane lighters!  Do they also prohibit the sale of other "sniffable"
solvents for the same reason?

There are certain freedoms that you can't trust people with, so they
have to be denied and enforce - such as the freedom to run red lights,
the freedom to rape children and the freedom to murder those running for
congress...  

Again - personal freedom must sometimes be sacrificed in the name of
public freedom.  Exactly where that trade-off lies is a matter for
further debate, but what you cannot deny is that complete and total
personal freedom for all is just one step short of anarchy.



>Why should you care if a remote state like Maryland oppresses its
>own citizens and not you?

Who do they oppress, and who do they protect??

Some people need protecting from themselves - like drunk drivers, glue
sniffers and maniacal drivers...


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>(copyright 1997 by The Last Word)

Oh, sorry...  My mistake.   I thought I was talking to someone with a
bit of sense.  Funny how these mistakes happen, eh?

Graeme

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