🚀 go-pugleaf

Paul Morgan wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 09:10:16 -0400, Mr Ed <Ed@w3source.net> wrote:
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> >
> >
> >Paul Morgan wrote:
> >
> ><edited for space not spite>
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> >> I think you should find out just what the police are out there for,
> >> then come back.
> >> If fishnet tactics is what it takes to get impaired drivers off the
> >> road, then I'm all for it. These are the ones that force the results
> >> we have now. Jesus, it isn't brain surgery, once the idiots that break
> >> the law are off the streets, then the check-stops go away.
> >
> >In that case they'll -never- go away. But what will you say Paul, when at
> >some point one of those dragnet-style roadblocks stops you, and you and
> >your vehicle are searched, and while alcohol, drugs, or illegal weapons are
> >not found, the police note that you have books and papers which advocate a
> >political position (doesn't matter which one) that is out-of-favour with
> >the government (either provincial or federal), so at the very least they
> >make a record of that and flag you for 'further investigation' at some
> >future time, or at the worst they cart you downtown while they notify CSIS
> >that they just might have a terrorist suspect for them to interrogate.
> >
>
> Depends on the books and papers. Do they spread the word that it is
> time for another Hitler to come to power? Do they advocate the
> overfall of the elected government by violence?
> In spite of what you think and what the voices are telling others, the
> roadblocks will only get impaired drivers off the road. When your son
> or daughter is killed by one you will think this is a good thing.

The good law enforcement officers will catch *more* of those impaired drivers by
increasing the numbers of road patrols, and observing the behaviour of drivers
rather than sitting around a roadblock in vain hopes of catching a miniscule
number of such offenders, while the majority of them escape notice.

> >Of course you'll say it's far fetched, until it happens to you, but that is
> >where these 'roadblocks' will ultimately lead, whether you wish to believe
> >it or not.
> >
> >Mr. Ed
> >
> >"The FAMOUS Mr. Ed"
> >
>
> Do you not think that the stand you are taking here on the ng has not
> been noted and documented by the authorities??

I sincerely hope it has. I have advocated legal and peaceful change, and have
stated that violence should be avoided if at all possible, and I have stated I
believe that the civil liberties we enjoy should not be sacrificed upon the
altar of 'safety enforcement', or whatever slogan du jour happens to be in
place.

Mr. Ed

"The FAMOUS Mr. Ed"