🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:32:13 GMT, Paul Morgan <here@home.net> wrote:

>On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 09:10:16 -0400, Mr Ed <Ed@w3source.net> wrote:

>>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? 

Funny - isn't that what happened to the United States 225 years ago?
They fought to overthrow an oppressive gov't and are revered (at least
in the States) as founders of their country. Today, they would be
considered terrorists for even discussing the concenpt.

>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.

I don't disagree with you on the fact that drunk drivers et. al.
should be taken off the streets. But talk to a cop or a mountie and
they will tell you they catch more impaired drivers via routine
highway patrols than they do with dragnet safety stops.