Your hypothetical argument would hold water if the strip searches did not find any contraband.
I have 2 cousins who are corrections officers for a state prison and the list of things they have told me are found during the 'strip search' is quite long (and I will readily admit this may be 'anecdotal'). On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Because it's not a hypothetical? Because people are stabbed with smuggled >> weapons in jails all the time? Because it actually happens, and isn't just >> an imaginary boogyman? > > It is a hypothetical. > > You are saying that routine strip searching is justified because it is > possible that such procedures could prevent a hypothetical attack that > you outline. It's a justification of an incursion upon personal > liberty in the name of safety. > > I took the same argument the next step further. We hold people in > solitary all the time. We get rid of any clothing that might be used > to hurt themselves or others. Why not just put everyone in solitary? > > Where is the line you draw to stop saying that the increased safety is > justified? > > That's an honest question. > > I'm saying that allowing strip searches of everyone without having to > have any reason is stepping over that line. Others, obviously, > disagree. Where should the line be drawn then? > > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:349393 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
