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Article #412Re: Police RoadBlocks/Checkpoints
From: zeptepe
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 18:58
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 18:58
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Nothing to hide,...just looking at the larger picture, ie random checkpoints. The "nothing to hide" arguement is well,.....i dont' know how to put it,..stupid i guess. :-) "Halifax" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:k7LK9.226409$C8.631767@nnrp1.uunet.ca... > What, you guys got something to hide. They should have done this a long time > ago.....especially with the # of K-cars still rattling on the > road.....unless you got nothing to hide....I say bring it on.....nice > doggy...... > > > "zeptepe" <zeptepe@neap.net> wrote in message > news:_JJK9.226388$C8.631533@nnrp1.uunet.ca... > > While i haven't experienced one of these new "super" police roadblocks, i > > have a big, big problem with them. Is anyone else a little bit troubled by > > them? Has anyone gone through one yet and can fill me in on what they're > > like? Now some people might say that we need for these in the "War > against > > Terrorism" (ya right) or the other standard "If you're not doing anything > > wrong, then don't worry". The only thing i see is random searches of > the > > general public. Gives me the feeling of being in some country that's > ruled > > by the military. What next, checkpoints at Pizza Corner? Travel papers > > needed to get to Truro? Probably a bit extreme i realize but it feels > like > > Canadian's rights are really going downhill lately. Do we really want to > > pay taxes for the luxury of someday being randomly searched just because > > you're going to visit family in another city? Personally, i'd rather my > > tax dollars go to things that really matter to me, like the health care > > system. > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f7b9c,5dc2844d329f1549 X-Google-Attributes: gidf7b9c,public X-Google-Thread: fbdd9,5dc2844d329f1549 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbdd9,public X-Google-Thread: 105b91,5dc2844d329f1549 X-Google-Attributes: gid105b91,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-14 10:58:23 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-09!supernews.com!64.152.100.70.MISMATCH!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!cyclone.bc.net!news.uunet.ca!nnrp1.uunet.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "zeptepe" <zeptepe@neap.net> Newsgroups: dal.general,hfx.general,ns.general References: <_JJK9.226388$C8.631533@nnrp1.uunet.ca> <k7LK9.226409$C8.631767@nnrp1.uunet.ca> Subject: Re: Police RoadBlocks/Checkpoints Lines: 45 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <hbLK9.226411$C8.631940@nnrp1.uunet.ca> Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:58:41 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.222.164.101 X-Trace: nnrp1.uunet.ca 1039892301 24.222.164.101 (Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:58:21 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:58:21 EST Organization: WorldCom Canada Ltd. News Reader Service