On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 09:36:20PM -0700, Crispin Cowan wrote: > * Travel within and outside the US is a right of citizens, while > driving a vehicle or riding in a plane is a privilege Travel on planes involves fairly invasive searches, to which I'm sure you're accustomed. :) How would you feel if similar searches were extended to your car? I more or less welcome the "search" of emissions testing, and wonder if I could have The Powers That Be require one of specific vehicles as I see them, but how far does this line move before you're upset about it? On a related matter, though at best off-topic for this forum, I've wondered about the legality of the INS roadblocks in southern california strewn across some major highways a fair distance into the country. It is my understanding that any hispanic-looking folks get pulled over every time they go through, with a request for documents. Is "looking hispanic" sufficient cause for search? Any pointers the audience can offer would be cool. :) Thanks -- "Dependence on computers is apparently making a significant fraction of the population incurably stupid." -- Fritz Whittington
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