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Mike Sarzo <sarzo@wam.umd.edu> wrote:

>On Fri, 8 May 1998, Matt Walcoff wrote:

>> Is anyone else offended that the campus police we at the University of
>> Maryland pay for are spending time in the bars helping bouncers find
>> fake IDs?

>I think it depends on several things: one factor being whether or not a
>lot is taking place on campus grounds. If University police act as if they
>have *absolutely nothing* better to do with their time than look for fake
>IDs, I might raise an eyebrow. Nothing more.

I think if you've seen the news lately you know there are more
important things for the police to do...

Regardless, they could do society a lot better simply pulling over the
drunk people as they drive out of the shopping center parking lot at
2.

>> We pay for the cops to fight crime, not status offenses. As far as I'm
>> concerned, it's time for the cops to "stop carding and start
>> guarding!"

>Actually, presenting a fake identification IS crime. I think it falls
>somewhere close to the category of fraud, which is a federal offense if
>I'm not mistaken.

It is illegal, but the law is unjust. One group enforces a law against
another group with no input from the affected group and without making
it binding on itself.

>One of the main tenets of successful fights against the administration is
>knowing WHAT battles to fight.

Few issues affect campus students more than age segregation.

Matt

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