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"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.

Ignoring for a moment that which the law states, do YOU really believe that
it is a privlege to drive?
Is it not a little over the edge to consider driving as a privlege? I don't
advocating drunk or any other dangerous driving,
but  what's wrong with revoking individual driving "rights" when the need
arises just as we take away individual rights to freedom (prison) when
required.
Because I don't agree with the very basics of this law, I would never agree
with applying it in areas that it was never intended to apply.
Is it not a giant leap in logic to attempt to justify these roadblocks with
the fact that holding a drivers license is a privlege?
It is not only the drivers of the vehicles that are affected by these
roadblocks, but many passengers as well.
There is a huge difference between the "privlege" to be a licensed driver
and the "right" to traverse the many roads and highways
paid for by our many tax dollars.
Correct my if I am wrong but I have never believed it to be a "privlege" to
travel as a passenger in a vehicle.
If this were true, it would be a "privlege" for you to transported to a
hospital when the old ticker becomes erratic.

If we are willing to give up rights, I have no doubt the government will be
willing to take them off our hands.
If you place no value on the rights we have, the least you can do is keep
your trap shut long enough to let our
children decide if they are of any value.




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> "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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