What is the likelihood that someone picked up at a routine traffic stop with a warrant for failing to pay a fine will be carrying a shiv that won't be picked up by metal detectors and a pat down and then attack someone with it in jail?
We've abandoned the notion of reason in the name of fear. This just follows the same pattern of fear and panic resulting in an unreasonable clamp down by authorities and further erosion of personal rights. Hey, it's "only" a strip search, right? Gotta keep everyone safe no matter what! If we lose personal liberty in the process, hey, for the greater good, y'know! Is this one ruling the greatest travesty inflicted upon personal liberty? No, of course not. It's just another point in the bigger pattern. A further dehumanizing, a belief that we have to sacrifice liberty for safety, that rights don't matter when you're arrested or detained. Hell, you're pretty much strip searched by the TSA in one form or another every time you fly, right? Why should it matter for people who are arrested? Guess I am an extremist. Judah On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have mixed feelings on this one. I can certainly understand the > need to make sure no one is bringing contraband into a jail, to > provide for the safety of both the jailers and the other inmates. It > would be truly tragic if the guy who was picked up on a bad warrant > had been shanked by another inmate who had a weapon and had not been > searched. This happened to a family member a few years ba ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349373 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
