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Date Posted: 11:40:42 12/03/99 Fri
Author: GF
Subject: Reasonable Cause
In reply to: AM 's message, "Police State ?" on 15:42:43 12/01/99 Wed

>
>
>
> While driving home from work today, with the flow of
> traffic,
> at my usual speed of 79 mph, I had a little Blue
> awakening.
>
> I am living in a police state.
>
>
> I did not understand the definition of ‘police state’
> until today.
>
>
> When I was a child, my parents had great respect for
> the Law.
> They drove at the speed limit, because that was the
> Law. The
> Law, they felt deeply, was worthy of their respect,
> and breaking
> the Law was immoral.
>
> But now :
>
> Everybody is breaking the Law !!!!!
>
> Routinely.
>
> Including my parents.
>
>
>
> I grew up in a Country that was Ruled by Law.
>
> Now, I live in a country where everybody routinely
> breaks the law.
>
> Therefore, I live in a country where everybody is
> routinely vulnerable to the whims of the police.
>
>
>
>
>
> An example :
>
> Someone mulling a car load of illegal drugs, if they
> were smart, would obey all the other laws, they would
> have all the required decals on their car, their
> papers
> would be in order, and they would drive the speed
> limit.
>
> Except, in a Police State, someone that is obeying all
> the
> laws, and should not therefore be vulnerable to police
> whims,
> stands out, and looks suspicious.
>
> We have an abundance of laws that the police may
> enforce
> whenever they wish, and we have been ‘encouraged’
> perhaps,
> to routinely break them.
>
> AM

Yes. If you look suspicious, you may be giving "reasonable cause". If you are minding your own business in a society where it is not the norm, it's grounds for suspicion.

I guess the answer is to try to act like someone who's trying not to conform, rather then someone who is. GF

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