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Richard Collins wrote:

> "Popeye" <popeye_37@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Y3ZK9.5947$cN6.231329@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> > Keep in mind, driving is a privilege, not a right. If you want to avoid
> the
> > roadblocks, walk.
> >
> Keep in mind the laws are there as much to restrain the State as to control
> the populace.

Exactly Richard. That flawed logic of  'if you want to avoid roadblocks, walk'
would never fly if it was applied (for example), 'if you want to avoid the
police coming into your home and searching without a warrant, don't own or rent
a house', or perhaps 'if you don't want the police randomly stopping and
searching you on the street, don't walk down the street'. It is a bogus
argument.

The fiction of 'driving is a privilege not a right' has been rammed down the
throat of the motoring public for decades, and that is an authoritarian and
dictatorial view that should be rejected and renounced by any free people. The
right to drive a vehicle should be limited only by the physical/mental ability
of the operator to safely operate their vehicle, their ability to pay the
applicable fees (driver permit, registration, insurance, etc), and once those
fees are paid, their ONLY obligation is to proceed in a safe and responsible
manner. They have PAID for their right to drive, and that right should not be
infringed by faux 'sobriety checkpoints' that catch only a handful of DUI
offenders while the rest of such offenders drive on through the night (or day)
with impunity. The right to drive should not be limited by police-state
roadblocks and throwing wide nets over public highways without probable cause.

Mr. Ed

"The FAMOUS Mr. Ed"