Re:Motoring News- no Audi content(USA listers)

[Anton Gaidos III <anton_gaidos_iii@firepower.com>]

My police officer buddy might disagree with you. He fears that these
kinds of rulings make it a) more likely to instill hostility in the
public causing more problems and b) hurting his efforts to bring back
natural, unenforced respect for the department. 
 These are major infringements on our liberty and freedom. These acts
directly oppose the work of Thomas Jefferson who, in a moment of
brilliance(regardless of his own shortcomings) brought us the Bill of
Rights. Government was never met to infringe on our political freedom,
spiritual freedom, personal freedom or economic freedom. As a people,
these rulings, over time add up to a major risk to these freedoms. Do
not misunderstand, many laws are helpful nor would it be possible with
260 million people, to have no government involvement.
 Ben Franklin once said Those who would give up liberty for security
deserve neither. At what point do we say "We are as safe as we can get.
Lets except the risks involved with living life." No one made a cop
become a cop. He/she who choses this path must except the risk or get a
new line of work.
My 2 cent soapbox speech

Anton J. Gaidos, III
PC Design
Motorola Computer Group
"The fortunate man knows how much he can safely leave to chance"

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>From: 	dan_masi@MENTORG.COM[SMTP:dan_masi@MENTORG.COM]
>Sent: 	Thursday, February 20, 1997 8:29 AM
>To: 	'Quattro List'
>Subject: 	Re: Motoring News- no Audi content(USA listers)
>
>On Feb 20,  7:45am, Anton Gaidos III wrote:
>> Subject: Motoring News- no Audi content(USA listers)
>> The Supreme Court has ruled that from now on an officer can ask that all
>> passengers get out of a vehicle without reason or probable cause for any
>> traffic related stop....
>>  This latest ruling is to better protect the officer from passengers
>> with concealed weapons. Come on! This is nonsense. An officer has better
>> odds of being injured by his/her own spouse in a domestic dispute then
>> in a traffic stop. This is a fact.
>
>It's also fact that you're more likely to be hurt in a car accident
>than a plane crash, but that doesn't mean that attempts to make air
>travel more safe are unjustified.
>
>This latest ruling is entirely apropriate, IMO.  If an officer
>doesn't feel comfortable with a situation, he should have the right
>to exercise some control.
>
>I can't believe that I'm defending traffic cops, after being
>somewhat unfairly treated recently.  However, every time a cop
>makes a traffic stop, there *is* some real risk to his person.
>Asking people to step out of the car if he feels threatened isn't 
>a whole lot to ask.
>
>You know, perhaps if we gave cops a little bit of respect about
>issues like these instead of fighting them every chance we get,
>maybe, just maybe, we'd see fewer cops being complete dicks.
>
>Then again...
>
>Dan Masi
>'96 A4Q
>
>> (MY opinion - I think Reno is a jack-booted-thug and the justices
>> have failed to uphold the constitution.)
>
>[warning: rant mode ON]
>My opinion: reading, interpreting, and living by the Constitution 
>in a completely literal way is about as useful as doing the same
>with the Bible.
>
>Dan Masi
>'96 A4Q
>
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