I wish the New York Times would interview me about the new policy of random bag frisks by cops in the subway. Most interviewees are saying tired stuff like "I don't like it but I want to feel safe." I'd say "Oh yeah, really fair to give up my civil liberties because Goober and Gomer out there in bumf*ck thought it'd be a good idea to invade Iraq!"
Sorry to my red state friends for these continuing cracks, but I hate your neighbors, the pinhead war supporters.
i hear it said that if you do nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide (which means people who want privacy must be criminals)... this seems to be a mantra among people who secretly worry over the loss of the very freedoms their sacrifice of freedoms protects... which is circular, isn't it?
oddly, there seems to be a contrary consensus, however, when it comes to preserving the privacy of our identities -- perhaps because these are an integral part of the market model... in this instance, the criminals are the ones who would breach privacy, not the ones who want it...
"I've decided that I will decline to be searched. If the police stop me, I'll tell them I understand they're just doing their job, but that I believe the U.S. Constitution is supposed to protect me from unreasonable searches. I know they won't let me on the train, but, jeez, people have died to defend our freedoms, the least I can do is be late for work."
If only being late for work was the worst thing that could happen to you. These are the same cops that made everyone on a tourist bus exit the vehicle with their hands raised, and arrested first and asked questions later during the Republican invasion last summer. Most people are skating on the edge of financial disaster and can't afford the possible loss of a job, jail time, court fees, or even hopital expenses that might come from saying "no" to one of NY's finest.
And hi to dp, good to hear from you!
i hear you. also this month came the news of a nyc's 30 million $ strip search settlement. (...sent settlement notices yesterday to tens of thousands of people who were illegally strip-searched in at least six different New York detention centers between 1999 and 2002.) its as though they would rather do what they want to regardless of the law and pay off the suits after the fact.... with our tax money btw.
the last person to comment on bronwins post provided a link to the citizens guide to refusing nyc subway bag searches.
|
I wish the New York Times would interview me about the new policy of random bag frisks by cops in the subway. Most interviewees are saying tired stuff like "I don't like it but I want to feel safe." I'd say "Oh yeah, really fair to give up my civil liberties because Goober and Gomer out there in bumf*ck thought it'd be a good idea to invade Iraq!"
Sorry to my red state friends for these continuing cracks, but I hate your neighbors, the pinhead war supporters.
- tom moody 7-23-2005 4:42 am
i hear it said that if you do nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide (which means people who want privacy must be criminals)... this seems to be a mantra among people who secretly worry over the loss of the very freedoms their sacrifice of freedoms protects... which is circular, isn't it?
oddly, there seems to be a contrary consensus, however, when it comes to preserving the privacy of our identities -- perhaps because these are an integral part of the market model... in this instance, the criminals are the ones who would breach privacy, not the ones who want it...
- cousindp (guest) 7-23-2005 12:41 pm
"I've decided that I will decline to be searched. If the police stop me, I'll tell them I understand they're just doing their job, but that I believe the U.S. Constitution is supposed to protect me from unreasonable searches. I know they won't let me on the train, but, jeez, people have died to defend our freedoms, the least I can do is be late for work."
- bill 7-27-2005 12:09 am
If only being late for work was the worst thing that could happen to you. These are the same cops that made everyone on a tourist bus exit the vehicle with their hands raised, and arrested first and asked questions later during the Republican invasion last summer. Most people are skating on the edge of financial disaster and can't afford the possible loss of a job, jail time, court fees, or even hopital expenses that might come from saying "no" to one of NY's finest.
And hi to dp, good to hear from you!
- tom moody 7-27-2005 12:19 am
i hear you. also this month came the news of a nyc's 30 million $ strip search settlement. (...sent settlement notices yesterday to tens of thousands of people who were illegally strip-searched in at least six different New York detention centers between 1999 and 2002.) its as though they would rather do what they want to regardless of the law and pay off the suits after the fact.... with our tax money btw.
the last person to comment on bronwins post provided a link to the citizens guide to refusing nyc subway bag searches.
- bill 7-27-2005 12:46 am