* Reply to msg originally in CYPHERPUNKS Uu> It is rarely to one's advantage to "assist the police." In fact in Uu> British English the sentence "Fred C. Schwartz is assisting the police Uu> in their investigation" means that Fred C. Schwartz is the prime Uu> suspect. Rather like "very tired" when used to describe the public appearance of an MP as in, "...Sir Henry appeared very tired." The term "very tired" apparently is the pervasive newspaper euphemism for "very drunk." Uu> My wife (who in many ways was just the sort of female Kipling had in Uu> mind when he penned 'Deadlier Than the Male')... Splendid finds, these, when one can keep them in alliance. It's always a joy to introduce them to firearms. Uu> In due course, a sewer inspector rang Uu> our doorbell. My wife demanded to see his warrant. He was shocked Uu> and mortified. Uu> Over the next few weeks, various bureaucrats called my wife and tried Uu> to get her to change her mind. They said, "You're not going to force Uu> us to waste all that time and money and get a warrant, are you?" She Uu> replied, "Consider it a valuable education on the 4th amendment." I won't waste a great deal of time in idle & uninformed speculation, but I seem to remember that certain "public safety" types do not need a warrant to intrude. As a matter of fact, I know of instances where cops accompanied such functionaries on trumped-up "inspections" to avoid the trouble of getting warrants. . I should be pleased to hear qualified legal opinion on this. Uu> Who is writing this in the terrorist capital of the US - Jersey City, Uu> NJ - but who has been denied a tactically necessary assault rifle by Uu> Governor Jim Florio. Yes, but don't you feel _much safer_ disarmed? No? Well, be content with a nice shotgun. Uu> When amonium nitrate and diesel fuel in a 16 to 1 ratio are outlawed Uu> only outlaws (and farmers) will have amonium nitrate and diesel fuel Uu> in a 16 to 1 ratio. This shall no doubt turn up in sigs before week's end. ********************************************************************* * <m..stirner@f28.n125.z1.fidonet.org> - PGP Key D30909 via servers * * > What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not <* * > warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit <* * > of resistance? Let them take arms!" - Thomas Jefferson, 1787 <* ********************************************************************* ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 -- M. Stirner - via RBBS-NET node 8:914/201 INTERNET: M..Stirner@f28.n125.z1.RBBS-NET.ORG