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I just would rather the government stay out of my business when I am doing nothing wrong.

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Mar 12 '10, 09:03

I do not want them coming into my house and looking for shit just because they feel like it.

I do not want them stopping me on the road because I might be .001 over the limit.

At what point are you imposing on my freedoms with all this shit? Just leave me the fuck alone unless I am causing someone grief, or appear to be in a position to cause damage to myself or others.

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How can they know you aren't doing anything wrong without getting into your business? -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 09:13
is checking people before boarding an traffic place also doing har to your freedom? - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 09:10 15
- Yes. As a society we've far exceeded the danger with our "fixes" for security at airports. Not just in $$$, but in undignified treatment as well. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:13 9
  - I, for one, am no longer comfortable with the concept of international air travel. - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:13 8
    - I remember back in '90 when some friends and I rented a car and drove through Germany, Austria, and Italy and how easy that was. - Stephen Mar 12, 09:21 7
      - You'd probably have very little trouble, because those are all Schengen area countries. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 09:23 6
        
        no border controls there nymore -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 09:24
        
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        Huh, that's interesting. - Stephen Mar 12, 09:28 3
        
        not within the schengen zone there is no border controls directly ON the border allowed anymore - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 09:39
        
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        not the Euro Zone the Schengen agreement Zone -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 09:39
- the standard scan and xray machine, I have no problem with. - groiny Mar 12, 09:12 3
  - checking your alcohold, tires and lights on a random basis is a deeply infringement on your freedom i agree - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 09:26 2
    - can someone translate this post for me? nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 09:27 1
      - 99.99% of the english speaking population? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 09:40
- plane -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 09:11
it would be nice -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 09:08
How do we know that you're not doing anything wrong if we don't get in your business? -- nm - Dano Mar 12, 09:07
But if you haven't done anything wrong, then you shouldn't have any problem with it!! -- nm - Don Homer Mar 12, 09:05 5
- This is what I've been sayin'! -- nm - George "Wiretapping" Bush Mar 12, 09:07
- This is easily my least favorite rationalization ever. nm - Dignan Mar 12, 09:07 1
  - For me it's my rationalization for why it doesn't bother me personally, but not necessarily for why a paricular law is right or wrong -- nm - Stephen Mar 12, 09:09
- they have taken time out of my day for no reason. - groiny Mar 12, 09:07
- That's also a circular argument, of course. :) Eventually, people change the definition of what "wrong" is. heh. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:06
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- they call it random breath testing, but really it's targetted. cops don't have the resources to set up roadblocks in areas otherwise. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 09:08
For the most part, I agree with this - and my own stance on the law being discussed is that Counterattack itself is a proven, superior solution. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:04 12
- Counterattack road blocks stop everyone, they give a feeling of police watchfulness, they don't terribly impede civil liberties, and ... - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:06 11
  - but what they're talking about is giving the counterattack cops the right to breatho everyone who goes through, which they don't currently have. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 09:10 9
    - and groiny is saying that that escalates a roadblock into a "random stop", or something like that -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:13 8
      - breathalizing someone on "suspicion" is one thing. - groiny Mar 12, 09:14 7
        
        I don't see the difference. they're already stopping you anyway, and it probably takes less time. - mafic Mar 12, 09:18 2
        
        I disagree. They xray everyone. - groiny Mar 12, 09:19 1
        
        they call it random, but they give them to everyone at the roadblock. they're not singling anybody out, and it's not the least bit intrusive. - mafic Mar 12, 09:23
        
        this is a third option. Breathalyzing randomly. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:14 3
        
        how is that and better than option #2? nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 09:15 2
        
        It only slows down a percentage of people, rather than slowing everyone down. Heh. - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:16 1
        
        I would be less opposed to hitting everyone with it, than I am this "random" shit. - groiny Mar 12, 09:18
  - free pizza!!!!!! nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 09:08

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