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- Path: sparky!uunet!leafusa!raczka
- From: raczka@HQ.Ileaf.COM (christopher raczka)
- Subject: Re: What is United States of America like?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.201345.12659@HQ.Ileaf.COM>
- Reply-To: raczka@HQ.Ileaf.COM (christopher raczka)
- Organization: Interleaf, Inc.
- References: <1992Dec24.002140.1721@mtek.com> <1731@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 20:13:45 GMT
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- In article <1731@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> libwca@emory.edu (Bill Anderson) writes:
- > 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.
- >
- blah, blah, blah
-
- > 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.
-
- No this is not something that should happen to anyone, but
- I have not ever known the F.B.I, LA or Detroit Police Departments
- to apologize
-
- > If this happens to you, write us back and let us know if
- > you think your individual liberty has been violated.
- >
- > Bill
-
- He doesn't understand Bill
-
- Chris
-
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