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SecretMethod70 · 10-12-2004, 10:28 AM

When the Constitution is successfully amended, I'll stop complaining. Until then, the fourth amendment is still there in that very wording. And I don't think anyone's going to get the constitution amended to say that the government has the right to search people arbitrarily because "anyone" can be a threat.

Who's to say it stops at airports? Anyone could be storing stockpiles of chemical warfare in their garage. We just don't know. I guess we should randomly search people's garages as well since anyone could be a terrorist. No particular reason to think they might be, just that ANYONE could be.

It sounds ludicrous, but it's very similar logic. Once rights begin to be violated it starts a very slippery slope.

I am not a criminal and I have a right to not be treated as one until they have reason to suspect me of being one.

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SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	When the Constitution is successfully amended, I'll stop complaining. Until then, the fourth amendment is still there in that very wording. And I don't think anyone's going to get the constitution amended to say that the government has the right to search people arbitrarily because "anyone" can be a threat. Who's to say it stops at airports? Anyone could be storing stockpiles of chemical warfare in their garage. We just don't know. I guess we should randomly search people's garages as well since anyone could be a terrorist. No particular reason to think they might be, just that ANYONE could be. It sounds ludicrous, but it's very similar logic. Once rights begin to be violated it starts a very slippery slope. I am not a criminal and I have a right to not be treated as one until they have reason to suspect me of being one. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling Last edited by SecretMethod70; 10-12-2004 at 10:35 AM..