Warrantless searches -- A sign of things to come?
A Page 1 story in The Washington Post Sunday (94.04.17) reads, "Clinton Lets Police Raid Projects," "Warrantless Searches Said to Be Needed For Tenants Safety." For those who haven't been following this ludicrous story, the USG has now decided that Chicago Housing Authority-sponsored, and warrantless, searches of dwellings within the CHA, is "A Good Thing" (tm) and specifically geared towards uncovering weapons of criminals (or would-be criminals) for the safety of law-abiding Housing tenants. Personally, I find this mentality alarming and indicative of a growing trend within the government. "Big Brother knows best." Vile and Nauseating. This is another absurdity in the "War on Drugs" and "War on Crime." More government-sponsored "wars" are undoubtedly on the horizon, perhaps even a war on non-escrowed crypto. I suppose things will get worse before they get better. _______________________________________________________________________________ Paul Ferguson US Sprint Enterprise Internet Engineering tel: 703.904.2437 Herndon, Virginia USA internet: paul@hawk.sprintmrn.com
[Paul Ferguson] has written: | | A Page 1 story in The Washington Post Sunday (94.04.17) reads, | "Clinton Lets Police Raid Projects," "Warrantless Searches Said to Be | Needed For Tenants Safety." | | For those who haven't been following this ludicrous story, the USG has | now decided that Chicago Housing Authority-sponsored, and warrantless, | searches of dwellings within the CHA, is "A Good Thing" (tm) and | specifically geared towards uncovering weapons of criminals (or | would-be criminals) for the safety of law-abiding Housing tenants. | | Personally, I find this mentality alarming and indicative of a growing | trend within the government. "Big Brother knows best." | | Vile and Nauseating. | | This is another absurdity in the "War on Drugs" and "War on Crime." | More government-sponsored "wars" are undoubtedly on the horizon, | perhaps even a war on non-escrowed crypto. | | I suppose things will get worse before they get better. | | _______________________________________________________________________________ | Paul Ferguson | US Sprint | Enterprise Internet Engineering tel: 703.904.2437 | Herndon, Virginia USA internet: paul@hawk.sprintmrn.com | Personally, I find the idea of government-owned housing alarming and indicative of a growing trend within the government. "Big Brother knows best." Vile and Nauseating.
geez!! ! Here I am, working on my "Big Brother is Watching You in Cyberspace" piece- and I read this now about warantless searchs!! I'll tell you- I think we've got to keep an eye on the government. I love how they go ahead and supercede the rights of the lower classes- if warrantless searches were being conducted in Beverly Hills or some other mainly upper-middle class city- the public outcry would be enormous! People sometimes think I am being "paranoid" when I suggest the government may want to watch the activities of certain people in our country via electronic means- however, if the activities of people happen to go against the current government's ideology, it seems to me more than possible that they may be watched. This warrantless search thing seems ot me just one more example that the governemnt can and will do what it wishes. Um- did I miss soemthing here, or have they also superseded our right to keep and bear arms? Hmm... gettin a little scary out there. Ciao, Julie ______________________________________________________________________________ Julie M. Albright "Passions elevate the soul to great things" Ph.D Student Department of Sociology University of Southern California albright@usc.edu
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