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Old 10-12-2004, 12:30 PM   #70 (permalink)
denim
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Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
The constituion and the bill of rights does not apply to private companies, private groups, or private property.
We're not being "screened" by private companies/groups/property, but by the Federal Government, to which the Fourth Amendment applies specifically. Try again.


Quote:
Originally Posted by cynthetiq
I'm quite serious about that statement. If I was to give up my love of traveling, the nation and the world, then I'd be giving up an essential liberty. I don't see it any more invasive than it was in the 70s and 80s. It's just not behind closed doors, it's out in the open.
It wasn't done AT ALL as far as I know in the 70s or 80s except in very unusual circumstances. All they did back then was put people through metal detectors.

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Originally Posted by cynthetiq
Colin Ferguson
I was thinking of the white guy who blew some punks away on that same train, who was villified for defending himself. Ah well.
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