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- From: libwca@emory.edu (Bill Anderson)
- Newsgroups: alt.activism,alt.politics.usa.misc,talk.politics.misc
- Subject: Re: What is United States of America like?
- Message-ID: <1731@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 21:11:24 GMT
- References: <1992Dec24.002140.1721@mtek.com>
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- Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- bud@mtek.com (Bud Hovell) writes:
- :
- : [Contrary to evident popular opinion, "individual liberty" has never
- : been threatened on the occasion that *guilty* people end up in the
- : dock! This may not be the politically correct view, but it is a fact,
- : no less.]
- :
- : If evidence obtained by search fails to evidence any such guilt, then
- : no harm has been done to individual liberty. If it *does* sufficiently
- : (to convince a jury) compel conviction, then neither has individual
- : liberty been harmed, since such liberty can only be exercised by all
- : when actual criminal behavior by the few is prosecuted.
-
- I sincerely hope that armed police officers never break down
- your door, throw you to the ground, handcuff you, terrify
- your children and destroy your possesions, only to find later
- that they have made a mistake. If they do, however, please
- be assured that they will apologize very nicely.
- If this happens to you, write us back and let us know if
- you think your individual liberty has been violated.
-
- Bill
-